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FILM The 15th Thai Short Film and Video Festival at the Bangkok Art & Culture Centre ( 0 2 - 21 4 - 6 6 3 2 ) from August 1828 features local and international competitions and films in several categories including the Best Selected from Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, the History of Video Art in Spain, Shorts for Kids and Queer Shorts. Shows start at 5pm on weekdays, 11am at weekends, but there are no screenings on Monday, August 22. Not all Thai films have English subtitles. Entry is free. For the full picture see www.thaifilm.com.
JAZZ Several musicians from around the world will perform at the Bossanona All-Star Brazilian Jazz Concert at Centerpoint Playhouse (02-6407000) on August 12. Thai singer Oong Natasha Patamapongs leads with back up from percussionist Valtinho Anastavio (Brazil), Eugene Ang (Singapore) on piano, Seigo Matsunaga (Japan) on bass and many others. Thai Ticketmajor (02-262-3456, www. thaiticketmajor.com) have tickets from B500-B1,200. Niu’s on Silom (02-266-5333) have a Miles Davis Tribute Concert on August 24 led by Russian trumpeter Rustem Galiullin. Other players on a night that should see tunes from the albums Kind of Blue, Milestones and Birth of the Cool are Dan Phillips (guitar), Mauro Monti (piano), Alexander Sergeenko (bass) and drummer Chanutr ‘Hong’ Techatananan. Admission free. www.bangkok101.com
All Soul’s Chamber Theatre (087-6974806) are having so much fun with The Creation of Pinocchio they’ve extended the run to consecutive Saturdays, August 6, 13, 20, and 27. Tickets for show only are B400, or for show and wine dinner B1,340. There are more details at www.allsoul.org Having just returned from showing at Apostrof, the 13th International Festival of Independent and Amateur Theatres, in Prague, Black Box Theatre presents the pointed political drama Kafka and I at Bangkok University, Rangsit Campus on August 25-28, September 1-4 and September 8-11. The play portrays “the agony of being in the seemingly democratic country where society is doomed to collapse”. Tickets are B300 from Thai Ticketmajor (02262-3456, www. thaiticketmajor.com). S a l a Chalermkrung Theatre (02-2244499) has performances of khon classical masked dance theatre every Thursday and Friday, with shows like Hanuman the Mighty and other stories from the epic Thai fable the Ramakien. Tickets ( B 8 0 0 - B1, 2 0 0 ) are available from Thai Ticketmajor (02-262-3456, www. thaiticketmajor.com).
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