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Thailand Cultural Centre
6 0 km 3 3 Chatuchak LAT PHARO RD
MAP T5 • Ratchadaphisek
Park
0 miles
Road • 02 247 0028
• www.culture.go.th Chao Phr aya DON MUANG TOLL WAY
Bangkok’s main center for the SIRAT EXPRESSWAY SAMSEN NOK
performing arts, this state-run
Suan
facility is home to the Bangkok Amporn DIN DAENG
Symphony Orchestra. It also
hosts the annual International OLD RATCHATHEWI SIRAT EXPY
CITY
Festival of Dance and Music. CHINA- PATHUM
International artists also perform TOWN SIRAT EXPRESSWAY WAN Lumpini WATTHANA
here during world tours, so check Park CHALERM MAHA NAKH O N EXPY
for upcoming events. BANG RAK
Playhouse Theater
7 SATHON CHALERM MAHA Chao Phraya
NAKHO N EXPY
MAP T5 • Suan Lum Night
Bazaar, 5 Ratchadapisek Road, TAWANDANG
Chom Phon • 02 024 5522
Sala Rim Naam
• Show 7pm, 8:20pm daily • Adm 9
• www.playhousethailand.com MAP M5 • Mandarin Oriental
Performed at the Suan Lum Night Hotel • 02 437 3080 • Lunch: noon–
Bazaar, the Playhouse ladyboy 2:30pm daily; dinner: 7–10:30pm
cabaret is an extravagant theater daily; show: 8:15pm daily • www.
show featuring glamorous Thai mandarinoriental.com
dancers, elaborate stage sets, and This is a custom-built facility offering
a great selection of well-known a show of tradi tional Thai dance and
songs from musicals. a gourmet dinner. Prices are above
average, but the event is memorable.
Calypso Cabaret
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Cabarets performed by
trans vestites are popular in Thailand.
This famous show involves an
entertaining cast of ladyboys looking
absolutely sensational in sequins and
stockings, lip-synching and dancing
to pop songs, with well choreographed
dance routines (see p101).
A performer at Calypso Cabaret
The dining area at Sala Rim Naam
Ratchadamnoen
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Boxing Stadium
MAP E2 • 1 Ratchadamnoen Nok
Road • 02 281 4205 • Bouts: 6:30–
11pm Mon, Wed, Thu; 5–8pm and
8:30pm–midnight Sun • Adm
An evening of muay Thai, or Thai
boxing (see p49) is great fun. You’ll
not only experience the thrill of the
fight, but will also see how worked
up the Thai specta tors get. Add the
strange pre-fight dances by the
boxers to the accompaniment of
wailing instru ments, and you have
a night of exotic Oriental fun.

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