Education with an entertaining twist

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Education with an entertaining twist
By PAWIT MAHASARINAND 
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Far right, National artist Patravadi “Khru Lek” Mejudhon and a Thai literature classroom turns into a fantastical world in Patravadi School’s production of “Ngo Pa”

 

Vic Hua Hin offers a chance to enjoy theatre and film with a festival that runs until early March

 

HUA HIN: -- A FOUR-MONTH long festival of dance, theatre, music and film gets underway this Friday in the seaside resort of Hua Hin. And if that sounds like a celebration, which the government is curbing during this period of national mourning, then national artist Patravadi “Khru Lek” Mejudhon guarantees that it’s not.

“Neither is this entertainment, and if you look into the details of our programmes, you’ll see that they all deal with education. [Despite the recent postponement and cancellation of many performing arts events] I also strongly believe that the late King wouldn’t want us to stop everything,” she says. 

 

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