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50  ❯❯  The Top 10 of Everything

           Entertainment Venues


















     A stage full of actors and dancers at the National Theatre
         National Theatre
     1                        Thai dance. The standard of the
                              per form ance and quality of
         MAP B3  •  Rachini Road
     •  02 224 1342  •  Adm   the food make it a good choice for
     Impressive productions of Thai   an evening’s entertainment.
     classical drama such as khon
                                  Tawandang
     (masked theater) with skilled    4
     actors and sumptuous costumes    German Brewery
     are staged at the National Theatre   Enjoy a wildly entertaining
     on the last Friday of every month.   cabaret, featuring Thai as well
     Modern Thai dramas and musical   as Western pop and folk music,
     shows are also performed here.   ballet, hip-hop dancing, and magic
                              shows at the Tawandang German
         Siam Niramit
     2                        Brewery. The huge dome of this
                              vast all-round venue can host
         MAP T5  •  Ratchada Theater, 19
     Tiam Ruammit Road  •  02 649 9222    up to 1,600 revellers and it
     •  Show 8pm daily  •  Adm    offers good food and great
     •  www.siamniramit.com        micro-brewed German beer
     A cultural extravaganza       (see p101).
     designed for tourists, this
                                        Sala
     show presents an idealized     5
     vision of ancient Siam using       Chalermkrung
     hi-tech special effects,       Royal Theatre
     lavish costumes, and a cast   MAP C5  •  Charoen Krung
     of hundreds.                  Road  •  02 222 0434
                                   •  Khon: 7:30pm Thu & Fri
         Silom Village
     3                             •  www.salachalerm
         MAP N5  •  Silom
                                   krung.com
     Road  •  02 635 6313          Built in 1933 by Rama VII,
     •  Indoor show with set         this was Thailand’s
     dinner 8:15–9pm daily   Thai dancers at a cultural   first theater to be
     •  Adm  •  www.    show in Bangkok  built with the intention
     silomvillage.co.th              of screen ing “talking
     Accompanied by dinner    pictures.” Today it is used for
     (served from 7:30pm), this show    staging khon (masked theater)
     at the Ruen Thep hall in Silom   and for live perfor mances by
     Village feat ures various forms of   singers and musicians.
     Eyewitness Travel – Top 10 series  LAYERS PRINTED:
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