Honored guests cut the ribbon
to open the Colosseum Show Pattaya.
Phasakorn Channgam
The curtain has gone up on Asia’s largest transvestite cabaret
show as top local and national government officials attended the grand
opening of the Colosseum Show Pattaya.
Culture Minister Sonthaya Kunplome, Chaiyasit Shinawatra, advisor to the
prime minister, and MPs, ministry and local officials cut the ribbon on
the 400 million baht theater on Thepprasit Road. Located on 16 rai of
land, the attraction is modeled after the Roman Coliseum, with a
concrete and glass exterior, elevated stage and interior that can
accommodate 1,250 people.
Aphinant Bunyaung, director of the Colosseum
Show Pattaya, welcomes honored guests and the general audience to his
new show.
Manager Aphinant Bunyaung said the facility offers 14 75-minute
performances daily with spectacular lighting, sound and special effects.
The theater offers regular seating for 1,000 people with 250 extra seats
added for three evening performances. The Colosseum offers 90 restrooms
and full elevator access to its many floors.
Initially the target audience will be Thai tourists, with marketing done
through domestic tour operators. Later marketing will be expanded to
foreign tourists.
Ticket prices run 400-600 baht, but foreigners will be charged a higher
price. The on-site parking lot accommodates 450 cars. A Thai-language
website is available at ColosseumShowPattaya.com.
Yuwarat Kamolwet, former director-general of
the Labor Department, offers his congratulations.
Pol. Gen. Chaiyasit Shinawatra, advisor to
the PM, expresses his congratulations as he presides over the opening
ceremonies for the Colosseum Show Pattaya.
Minister of Culture Sonthaya Kunplome offers
his congratulations.
Rangsank Sriworasart, deputy permanent
secretary of the Ministry of Finance offers his congratulations and
tells how he looks forward to watching the show.
Montri Sachdev, director of the Colosseum
promises that the shows will be the most spectacular ever seen anywhere.
Actors perform a piece called “The Majestic
Crop”.
One of the magnificent grand performances.
