PHUKET: Here comes the Aphrodite Cabaret Show - proof that Phuket is the home of katoey entertainment, and further evidence of Phuket's rapid growth.
Look for the sequins and the feather boas to be flying soon.
Aphrodite is coming to the old Phuket Brewery site in Phuket City, a first-class venue that has so far struggled to find the right kind of entertainment to make it a going concern.
''Come to the cabaret'' will be the new cry when the katoey shows begin in August of September at the latest.
About 80 performers will be employed, most from Bangkok but also with some from Phuket, along with another 100 support staff.
The coming of Aphrodite may have nudged the popular katoey show Simon Cabaret in Patong to declare recently that it also plans Phuket City performances.
Phuket Aphrodite manager Siri Jaringtakul told Phuketwan that the old Phuket Brewery venue, in the bypass road opposite the Tesco-Lotus supermarket, would be modified to seat 900 patrons.
A restaurant out front will also be revived, probably serving Korean buffet-style meals.
The venue's new operators have experience in cabaret in Bangkok, but Phuket's Aphrodite is a new brand, Khun Siri said.
The Phuket Brewery, with seating at tables for 2000 diners on two levels, opened in November 2008 and was then revived in January 2010 as the rock music Whisky and Moonlight (Long Lao Sang Chan) venue.
The manager said when the venue closed in May last year: ''Phuket may not be big enough just yet. And the place itself? It is too big.''
Also coming later this year to Phuket City is Siam Niramit Phuket, a rival to Kamala's award-winning Phuket FantaSea attraction.
As Phuketwan reported back in October last year, the Siam Niramit will cost $40 million, with seating for 1500.
''Think Cirque de Soleil plus Italian grand opera and classical Thai dance dressed by Las Vegas costumers and staged by Hollywood," said one reviewer of the Bangkok version.
Phuket Falls Silent as Brewery Music StopsLook for the sequins and the feather boas to be flying soon.
Aphrodite is coming to the old Phuket Brewery site in Phuket City, a first-class venue that has so far struggled to find the right kind of entertainment to make it a going concern.
''Come to the cabaret'' will be the new cry when the katoey shows begin in August of September at the latest.
About 80 performers will be employed, most from Bangkok but also with some from Phuket, along with another 100 support staff.
The coming of Aphrodite may have nudged the popular katoey show Simon Cabaret in Patong to declare recently that it also plans Phuket City performances.
Phuket Aphrodite manager Siri Jaringtakul told Phuketwan that the old Phuket Brewery venue, in the bypass road opposite the Tesco-Lotus supermarket, would be modified to seat 900 patrons.
A restaurant out front will also be revived, probably serving Korean buffet-style meals.
The venue's new operators have experience in cabaret in Bangkok, but Phuket's Aphrodite is a new brand, Khun Siri said.
The Phuket Brewery, with seating at tables for 2000 diners on two levels, opened in November 2008 and was then revived in January 2010 as the rock music Whisky and Moonlight (Long Lao Sang Chan) venue.
The manager said when the venue closed in May last year: ''Phuket may not be big enough just yet. And the place itself? It is too big.''
Also coming later this year to Phuket City is Siam Niramit Phuket, a rival to Kamala's award-winning Phuket FantaSea attraction.
As Phuketwan reported back in October last year, the Siam Niramit will cost $40 million, with seating for 1500.
''Think Cirque de Soleil plus Italian grand opera and classical Thai dance dressed by Las Vegas costumers and staged by Hollywood," said one reviewer of the Bangkok version.
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will they be brewing again??
Posted by another steve on June 15, 2011 09:19
Editor Comment:
Not yet.