A BIG new entertainment spectacular is coming to Phuket, with construction of a theatre and accommodation for performers now underway on a bypass road site, it was revealed yesterday.
The Siam Niramit Phuket is expected to draw audiences of tourists and residents alike with a show that most may see as serious competition for Phuket FantaSea, the successful award-winning tourist attraction based at Kamala, north of Patong.
''Think Cirque de Soleil plus Italian grand opera and classical Thai dance dressed by Las Vegas costumers and staged by Hollywood," is how one reviewer described the existing Siam Niramit Bangkok performance.
All that can be seen of the proposed Phuket construction at present is a construction site off the bypass road. But the governor's special committee on the environment was told the project includes 79 apartments for performers and a theatre across 9000 square metres.
The project got the go-ahead yesterday. A local government administrator said the Phuket theatre could be finished by the middle of next year.
Siam Niramit was reluctant today to reveal too much about future plans. But the Bangkok show is reported to have been developed at a cost of $40 million.
The Bangkok theatre seats 2000 at a cost of 1500 baht a head for the 80-minute performance. Food is also available.
At siamniramit.com the show is described this way: ''Over 150 performers with as many as 500 costumes. On top of this, enhanced special effects with the world's most advanced technology are used to produce a stimulating, very realistic and inspiring experience. This is a Journey to the Enchanted Kingdom of Thailand that no one can miss.''
A rash of new theatres and shows on Phuket appears to also be yet another sign that investors believe that tourism on Phuket will continue to grow without end.
The Joe Louis troupe of traditional Thai puppeteers has a new home at the Jungceylon shopping mall in Patong and is hoping to stage larger performances at the SF Cinema at Jungceylon from January.
Magician Joe Conrad says he will be staging a regular magic show at his own 700-seat venue in Patong, once again at Jungceylon, from December.
Still drawing crowds each night is Simon Cabaret, the spectacular katoey show based in its own theatre at south Patong.
Phuket Resort Rooms Boom UnabatedThe Siam Niramit Phuket is expected to draw audiences of tourists and residents alike with a show that most may see as serious competition for Phuket FantaSea, the successful award-winning tourist attraction based at Kamala, north of Patong.
''Think Cirque de Soleil plus Italian grand opera and classical Thai dance dressed by Las Vegas costumers and staged by Hollywood," is how one reviewer described the existing Siam Niramit Bangkok performance.
All that can be seen of the proposed Phuket construction at present is a construction site off the bypass road. But the governor's special committee on the environment was told the project includes 79 apartments for performers and a theatre across 9000 square metres.
The project got the go-ahead yesterday. A local government administrator said the Phuket theatre could be finished by the middle of next year.
Siam Niramit was reluctant today to reveal too much about future plans. But the Bangkok show is reported to have been developed at a cost of $40 million.
The Bangkok theatre seats 2000 at a cost of 1500 baht a head for the 80-minute performance. Food is also available.
At siamniramit.com the show is described this way: ''Over 150 performers with as many as 500 costumes. On top of this, enhanced special effects with the world's most advanced technology are used to produce a stimulating, very realistic and inspiring experience. This is a Journey to the Enchanted Kingdom of Thailand that no one can miss.''
A rash of new theatres and shows on Phuket appears to also be yet another sign that investors believe that tourism on Phuket will continue to grow without end.
The Joe Louis troupe of traditional Thai puppeteers has a new home at the Jungceylon shopping mall in Patong and is hoping to stage larger performances at the SF Cinema at Jungceylon from January.
Magician Joe Conrad says he will be staging a regular magic show at his own 700-seat venue in Patong, once again at Jungceylon, from December.
Still drawing crowds each night is Simon Cabaret, the spectacular katoey show based in its own theatre at south Patong.
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Good news, the island needs more shows like this.
Posted by Lincoln on October 21, 2010 12:44