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The Play’s The Thing: A bright star in Phuket
The Play’s The Thing: A bright star in Phuket
Sunday 9 May 2021 11:00 AM
I have only met her in person once and it just so happened I was wearing a dress, false eyelashes, wig and gobs of makeup at the time. No, I wasn’t moonlighting in Bangla Rd; I was performing Widow Twanky in ‘Aladdin: A Christmas Panto’, at Underwood Art Factory. I instantly recognised her since we have been Facebook friends and have followed each other’s progress over the past few years, the reason being the similarity of our work goals. She is none other than the lovely Irish Vicki Kiely. I had the privilege of recently conducting a phone interview for this article with her. Here is what I learned. 
The Play’s The Thing: A cultural hub in the making!
The Play’s The Thing: A cultural hub in the making!
Sunday 21 March 2021 02:00 PM
It has been a while since my last installment of The Play’s The Thing, and for that I am sorry. As you know, the COVID pandemic has made it more difficult to have things to report on. However, at this moment things are brewing in the island’s thespian world with some real promise for the theatrical future of our beloved island!
A Merry Panto Christmas to you all!
A Merry Panto Christmas to you all!
Sunday 6 December 2020 11:00 AM
In this stressful time of worldwide uncertainty, wondering what new and unexpected things are going to turn up next, isn’t it great to have something cheerful to look forward to? 
The Play’s The Thing: Panto or Pantomime? Here we come!
The Play’s The Thing: Panto or Pantomime? Here we come!
Sunday 18 October 2020 11:00 AM
Theatrix is in rehearsal on a new play, this time a pantomime based on the ‘1001 Arabian Nights’ character, Aladdin. 
The Play’s The Thing: The Theatre’s Resurrection!
The Play’s The Thing: The Theatre’s Resurrection!
Saturday 15 August 2020 11:00 AM
As the COVID-19 smoke tentatively begins to clear, we all are venturing out and engaging in various forms of social activity, while still maintaining social distance, being cautious even though it’s been over a month since Thailand has had a home-grown case. How is this trend going to affect theatre? 
The Play’s The Thing: Taking the arts online
The Play’s The Thing: Taking the arts online
Sunday 14 June 2020 11:00 AM
Around the world, theatres had all gone dark by May of 2020. This had never happened on a worldwide scale, and the last major closure of theatres in England was during the black plague during Shakespeare’s day. This is unprecedented, an amazing time. But many thespians have risen to the occasion to keep on giving to their public and doing the thing they love the most. I have included a few links at the end of this article. 
The Play’s the Thing! Serendipity and Children’s Theatre
The Play’s the Thing! Serendipity and Children’s Theatre
Sunday 3 May 2020 01:00 PM
Right after embarking on this stay-at-home journey of a lifetime that we are in the midst of right now, quite by chance I was asked by a friend if I would film bedtime stories for kids with the vision of posting them on Facebook weekly. I thought about it and decided this would be something worth doing. I thought it might be fun and at the very least it would keep me busy along with the online theatre classes I was beginning to teach.
The Play’s the Thing! Vive Le Bard!
The Play’s the Thing! Vive Le Bard!
Sunday 12 January 2020 11:00 AM
Before we jump off into this month’s article, I want to wish you all a very Happy New Year, and that you will join Theatrix in making it great by participating in or attending some of our many projects this year. You can always contact me to find out what those are at the phone number or email address at the end of this article or visit and like Theatrix Group on Facebook. And now…
Comedy of errors: The fun and foibles of theatre
Comedy of errors: The fun and foibles of theatre
Sunday 1 December 2019 03:00 PM
I’ve always liked this quote: “Theatre is serious fun.” I think it really captures the soul of why I love theatre so much. It takes serious, hard work to put on any kind of theatrical show, no matter how simple it is, but oh what fun we have!
Everyone’s an actor: The inner thespian as told by Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of Man
Everyone’s an actor: The inner thespian as told by Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of Man
Monday 28 October 2019 02:00 PM
English speakers worldwide have heard the expression “All the world’s a stage”, whether they know it’s from William Shakespeare or not, whether or not they know it’s from As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII.
Setting the scene for the next season of theatre in Phuket
Setting the scene for the next season of theatre in Phuket
Monday 30 September 2019 02:00 PM
They say in spring a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love. Well, in fall, or more precisely, September (since we don’t have fall here), a theatrical person’s fancy turns to thoughts of the new season, with new horizons, new goals, new plays, new styles, new things to try.
Around the world with Children’s Theatre and Story Theatre
Around the world with Children’s Theatre and Story Theatre
Monday 2 September 2019 10:00 AM
There are so many forms of live theatre and sub-genres of those forms that space would fail me to even just list them all here, much less add a description of each, so this month I want to talk about two closely related forms that I have been delving into extensively this past year in Phuket and on my travels to Dubai, namely Children’s Theatre and Story Theatre.
The flying thespian continues his travels
The flying thespian continues his travels
Monday 29 July 2019 10:00 AM
After finding a thriving theatri­cal community in Ashland, Oregon, I was on my way to Houston – that’s right, Hou­ston, Texas – a place probably considered by most to be a cul­tural wasteland, but they’d be very wrong.
The flying thespian reports from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The flying thespian reports from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Saturday 29 June 2019 03:00 PM
If you recall, in my maiden article I spoke of one of my greatest theatrical inspirations: the Oregon Shakespeare Festival under the leader­ship of Angus Bowmer. Well, guess what? I’ve just spent two wonderful days there, watching a number of plays. In short, The Play’s the Thing! has gone international!
Monty Python meets Alfred Hitchcock: Don’t miss The 39 Steps at Underwood Art Factory on June 1 and 2
Monty Python meets Alfred Hitchcock: Don’t miss The 39 Steps at Underwood Art Factory on June 1 and 2
Saturday 25 May 2019 10:00 AM
Welcome back to The Play’s the Thing! I hope you are enjoying reading these as much as I am enjoying writing them.
Theatrical collaboration an example for our polarised world
Theatrical collaboration an example for our polarised world
Saturday 27 April 2019 02:00 PM
“There is probably no more varied a motley crew than those who people a theatre production. We could hardly be less similar except for our love of this art, so we learn to get past all those differences and down to what binds us.” – Robert Barton from Act­ing Onstage and Off.
Vox Pop: Members of Theatrix speak out
Vox Pop: Members of Theatrix speak out
Saturday 30 March 2019 10:00 AM
This month I want to share with you what lo­cal members of Theatrix have to say about learning and practising acting. Now, none of these people are professionals with a career in acting, and they all come from very differ­ent backgrounds.
To act, or not to act? The benefits of theatre as a passion, not a career
To act, or not to act? The benefits of theatre as a passion, not a career
Saturday 23 February 2019 03:00 PM
Here we are again, celebrating the wonder of theatre arts.
Theatre at a moment’s notice: The power of ‘Yes, and…’
Theatre at a moment’s notice: The power of ‘Yes, and…’
Saturday 26 January 2019 10:00 AM
Some of you will see ‘yes, and...’ and know immediately what I’ll be talking about in this month’s article. For those of you who are as yet uninitiated, I am referring to the foundation stones of one of my favourite forms of theatre: improv. Improv is short for ‘improvisational theatre’, theatre that is unscripted and made up on the spot. One of the most exciting things about improv is that no two shows are alike.

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