Fame, the Musical
Vocal Performance Department (Music Theatre) proudly presents our annual musical theatre production by Music Theatre students. An unmistakable title from the unforgettable 1980 film and television franchise, Fame The Musical inspired generations to fight for fame and light up the sky like a flame! Conceived and developed by David De Silva – now known affectionately […]
Peel the Limelight launches its 2019 Season with the hilariously dark comedy “Hand to God”
Peel the Limelight’s first play of the 2019 Season will be playwright Robert Askin’s “Hand to God”. A hilariously dark comedy which the New Yorker claimed is where “Sesame Street meets the Exorcist”! Directed by Peter O’Neill, the play teaches us about grief, love, loss, truth and what can be salvaged from the wreckage of […]
Rhythm and Roots … an arts extravaganza featuring Aarti Saikia and Friends
Mark your diary for the first offering in 2019 from lady about town, Aarti Saikia. After a rewarding and successful programme of events in 2018, Aarti is not letting the grass grow beneath her feet, with her ‘Rhythm and Roots’ multi-genre showcase. Saturday March 16 at The Continent Hotel is the date and venue to […]
Bangkok – a beacon for the creative
by Robin Westley Martin When Bangkok springs to mind the immediate thought is not of arts or artists. But after the success of the Bangkok Art Biennale – that ran from October 19th 2018 to 3rd February 2019 – featuring the work of more than 75 artists from 33 countries, and shown in 20 locations […]
Holiday be damned… I’m going to live here!
Medical care and treatments continue to improve in the world we live in, and our life expectancy continues to increase. As recently as the year 1900 the average world life expectancy was only 31 years of age, but now it’s 71.4. If you look specifically at Western, developed world countries, the average life expectancy reaches […]
Jim Gaffigan‘The Quality Time Tour’ Live in Bangkok
22nd March 2019 at the Scala Theatre Jim Gaffigan, the Grammy-nominated comedian, actor, writer, producer and two-time New York Times best-selling author is set to perform in Thailand for the very first time withJim Gaffigan‘TheQuality Time Tour’ Live in Bangkok, Friday 22nd March 2019 at the Scala Theatre, presented by Live NationBEC-Tero and The Comedy […]
Bang on the Mark in Bangkok
Stand up Asia and Magic Rock start their comedy season in Thailand with not just one big Bangkok Bang, but with three of them! British comedian Shazia Mirza is the headliner, ably supported by another Brit, Trevor Lock, and Irish comic Aidan Killian. Shazia comes from Birmingham, England, and carries on the great tradition of […]
Grand Opening – New Contemporary Art Space in Bangkok
Silapix Art Space is a new cultural venue in Bangkok managed by Art Consulting Thailand. Conveniently located on the upper level of Wishbeer Home Bar, 1491 Soi Sukhumvit 67 (a five-minute walk from BTS Prakanong), this 120-sm loft uniquely promotes contemporary art, design and architecture to a wider audience than the usual art community, focusing […]
Mixing it up in Bangkok – the Arts Scene is Alive and Well
“Live Lounge BKK has been up and running now for about 16 months, and is starting to become known amongst the eclectic community of musicians, artists, poets, dance troupes, comedians, writers, and journalists – from Bangkok and beyond.” When I used to live or travel in the UK and Europe I was always out and […]
Jerry Hopkins Light Shines on – like the Moon, and the Stars, and the Sun …
Jerry Hopkins – who recently passed away in Bangkok – was best known for being one of the journalists in at the beginning of the Rolling Stone story, and even more so for penning the biography of The Doors enigmatic front-man and vocalist Jim Morrison, No One Here Gets Out Alive. This was a multi-million […]