The Battle For Bangkok’s Little-Known Folk Museum
BANGKOK — When Waraporn Surawadee’s no-rise neighborhood near the river was threatened by an eight-story residential project earlier this year, the folk museum caretaker decided to put her money where her mouth was.
Thou Shalt Sing: Killers Out for Murder on Stage
BANGKOK — Murder is the game in a stage play mixing American film noir, Japanese Yakuza and anime timed thematically with the 40th anniversary of the Thammasat University massacre.
Soldiers to Monitor Abstract Play Recognizing 1976 Massacre
BANGKOK — A provocative theatre troupe is again under scrutiny from the junta, saying it was told Tuesday that soldiers will be dispatched to watch their play tomorrow evening.
Czech Out Animated Fairy Tales And More This Weekend
BANGKOK — A centuries-old fairy tale adapted into puppet animation by a legendary Czech filmmaker to oppose Soviet rule will show for free this weekend as part of a Czech animation festival.
‘Happy Hour’ x 5: See Japanese Women On the Verge Saturday
BANGKOK — Four Japanese women in their late 30s confront midlife when one of them reveals she is having an affair and fighting her husband in divorce court.
Art on Trial: The Mor Lam Singer
Jailed for two years for performing in a play that satirized the monarchy, Patiwat “Bank” Saraiyam turned to his enduring passion for singing mor lam, writing what he said was 100 songs. Some expressed his feelings. Others, he said, helped soothe fellow inmates.
Not Here to Entertain You: B-Floor Confronts Thailand in Movement and Meaning
BANGKOK — People rise lifelessly behind orange road barriers. They take on different identities and personalities through movements alternating between zombies shuffling, mobs lynching, gunmen shooting, spectators cruelly laughing and shirtless students crawling.
Hippie Out Under the Sky at Khon Kaen ‘Woodstock’ (Postponed)
KHON KAEN — Old hippies or those with old hippie souls should get up to Khon Kaen this November for some rock and roll, reggae and blues out in nature with the mountains, rivers, meadows and open sky.
23 Underground Thai Shorts Back-to-Back at Jam’s WTF Fest
BANGKOK — A man searches for meaning in a prostitute. Two girls in a world where any form of self-expression is punishable by death. Four friends share ghost stories with one condition: There must be 10 listening or “uninvited guests” show up.
One-Man Band ‘My Empty Phantom’ Cancels Show
BANGKOK — Organizers of a concert by Texan multi-instrumentalist My Empty Phantom canceled the event two days before it was due to take place.
