Last Party

The year in Bangkok was a wonderful experience. I'm back in London for the summer. I'll get a new online journal up soon but this is The Last Scene In Siam.

Thank you for watching.

Patravadi Party

The Patravadi Theatre is a beautiful space for performing arts in Bangkok. Today I was making costumes there. The premise of the play I was working on based on the lack of abstinence and promiscuity amongst some Buddhist monks in contemporary Thai society.



In the play, some nuns are given the role of seducing the monks. For this project I made two petticoats out of muslin and a red chiffon enmeshed with natural twine. The nuns uniforms are white. The redness of the petticoats, which were just visible, were to represent the desire beneath the surface.

White Party

At home alone I wear men's trousers.

Solo Party

Today has mostly been spent drawing pictures of owls and wandering around the house wearing a homemade tiara and sports socks.

Pajama Party

Men's grey and white striped shirt from Fame. Made in Thailand.

Venus Party

Last month I saw Venus Party, a piece of contemporary physical theatre performed at the Bangkok Theatre Festival in December '08. It broaches issues about women in modern society, including eating disorders, body image, the objectification of women, women in the workplace, treating the body as a commodity and competitive consumerism. One scene depicts a man and a woman entering into the convention of marriage. The expressing to'tie the knot' is represented literally by a rope tying their necks together. The rope representing the institution of marriage and the and bondage it locks its subscribers into.



The play ended with a message of hope; a dream-like sequence where the cast were dimly illuminated and it was possible to see the specks of dust swirling in the air. The characters chased these dust particles in slow-motion, marvelling at their beauty and treating the valueless as precious. It served as a reminder that we each survive in our own paradigm and the truth in life and beauty lies both within ourselves and in the world we live should we seek to find it.

Deathtrap

Last month I was working with BTC as costume designer on a production of Ira Levin's 'Deathtrap' directed by Ray Possick.

Reviews:
The Nation
The Bangkok Post
Traversing the Orient
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The play is set in a New York suburb during the 1980s.
Moodboards

Character: Sidney Bruhl.


Character: Myra Bruhl


Character: Clifford Anderson.


Next I will be working on the Bangkok production of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" in association with V-Day, an international campaign to end violence against women. The play will be bi-lingual, in Thai and English, it opens in March, I'm really pleased to be working on it.

Art Party

Photographs of my students' work and my summer as lead visual arts teacher at the international summer school camp.