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Warm Up Pub holds grand opening party with some hot entertainment
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
The blossoming entertainment industry on Pattaya Third
Road has a new addition, the Warm Up Pub. The venue celebrated their grand
opening recently with Chanyuth Hengtrakul, local MP as guest of honor.
Chonburi
MP Chanyuth Hengtrakul and Warm Up Pub proprietors Santikarn and Sudtonom
Nualnid cut the ribbon to officially open the new venue.
According to the management, Santikarn and Sudtonom
Nualnid, the new venue represents a 5 million baht investment in
renovations. The new pub on the block is aiming to change the face of Third
Road entertainment by offering pub food and relaxed lifestyle in the
competitive entertainment market.
The Warm Up Pub is open daily from 6 p.m. till 1 a.m. offering live music
from 2 in-house bands as well as food and drinks to suit everyone’s taste.
City Health Department holds disease prevention and control training
Suchada Tupchai
Public Health Department volunteers attended a training
seminar at city hall last week to learn methods to prevent insect borne
diseases, such as dengue fever and malaria, from spreading in the region.
 Wuttisak
Rermkijakarn, Pattaya deputy mayor opens the training seminar at city hall.
Wuttisak Rermkijakarn, Pattaya deputy mayor responsible for
the health, hygiene and environment in Pattaya, presided over the seminar
opening at city hall.
Senior officials from the provincial health department
lectured community representatives and homeowners on issues of prevention as
well as methods for treatment through community based programs in order to stem
the spread of disease.
The deputy mayor said, “It is important for everyone to learn practical
methods of disease prevention that can be used effectively on a day to day basis
for the benefit of the community.”
‘Romeo And Juliet’ in Pattaya
Only dates in Thailand on the TNT World Tour
The professional touring theatre group TNT will give two eagerly awaited
performances of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Regent’s School on the 9th and
10th March at 7.30pm in the Globe Theatre.
The production features Martin Christopher as Romeo who
achieved huge acclaim as Hamlet in last year’s TNT world tour. As well as many
appearances in professional stage productions in Europe, he manages to find time
to tour in his rock band in the UK.
 TNT
Theatre’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, on a world tour, plays two dates in Thailand
at the Regent’s School.
Suzanne Marston, who plays Juliet, is a graduate of Oxford
University and trained at the world famous Jaques Leqoq Institute in Paris. As
well as touring with TNT as Hermia in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ she has
appeared at the Chichester Festival Theatre and has written a play of her own.
Darrell Brockis, who plays Mercutio, trained at the
prestigious Webber Douglas Academy in London and graduated from St Andrew’s
University in Scotland. His other professional appearances include Cassio in
Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ and Jim O’Connor in ‘The Glass Menagerie’ by
Tennessee Williams.
Gareth Radcliffe, who is Tybalt in this production, trained
at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and currently lives in Paris; his
most recent role has been that of Bill Sikes in the TNT touring version of
‘Oliver Twist’.
Glyn Connup who, amongst countless professional theatre
appearances, appeared in the film ‘Nil by Mouth’, directed by Gary Oldam,
plays Friar Laurence.
Of special note is the live musical score played by the
performers themselves on violin, trumpet, percussion and guitar in addition to
five-part harmony singing. Composer Thomas Johnson is well known for his theatre
work, including the current London West End success, ‘When the Whales Came’.
In order to bring the story closer to our modern world, the play is set in the
flamboyant ‘La Dolce Vita’ period of the 1950’s in Italy.
TNT American Drama Group has developed an international
reputation for presenting dynamic, exciting and direct productions of
Shakespeare’s major works. Live music, powerful choreography and a simple
performance style allow a modern audience to experience a Shakespeare’s great
love story as an Elizabethan audience might have done. The play is re-discovered
as a story not of urban street kids but ‘two houses both alike in dignity’.
This is a tragedy of clan war where the death of two lovers brings the warring
factions to their senses.
This unique event also focuses on the link between
Shakespeare’s original Globe Theatre in London, where the play was originally
400 years ago, and our very own Globe here in Pattaya. This will be the first
performance by a professional company in the newly built Globe Theatre of the
Regent’s School.
The enthusiasm of the reviews gained world wide for this
production speak for themselves: ‘Highly effective and charismatic theatre’
says the New York Village Voice, whilst the Japan Times calls them
‘extraordinary’ and The Scotsman newspaper praises them for being
‘wonderfully unpredictable and astonishingly inventive’. The Frankfurter
Neue Presse, Germany described this ‘Romeo and Juliet’ as a ‘beautiful and
impressive production that reaches the heart of the play’. Judging by these
plaudits, this is a production not to be missed!
The Pattaya Mail and Thai Garden Resort, Naklua sponsor this part of
the TNT American Theatre Group, Europe world tour. Tickets cost 500 baht for
adults and 400 baht for students and can be purchased from the Thai Garden
Resort, office hours 9am-2pm and 4-8pm (Tel: 038 370614-8 ext 6666) or from the
Secondary School, Library at the Regent’s School (Tel: 099 328464). Book now
for this great opportunity to see a highly polished professional production
right here in Pattaya.
The Beaters star
at the Green Tree Pub
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
One would have through the popular Fab Four had come back to
life at the Green Tree Pub last weekend. However, it was the Thai cover band
“The Beaters” playing famous Beatles hits in the pub for Beatles’ fans.
Thai cover
band “The Beaters” played famous Beatles hits in the Green Tree Pub last
weekend.
The band, which plays only Beatles music, tantalized fans
with early tracks from albums such as “Meet the Beatles” from 1964 and the
Fab Four’s self titled album from 1967.
The Beaters have been regarded by many as one of the top
Beatles tribute bands and have played to audiences throughout Asia.
The band consists of Sophon Juntaramittree on guitar as John
Lennon, Choi, also on guitar, as George Harrison, Yong the drummer doubling as
Ringo Starr and Pol Chulanon as bass man, Paul McCartney.
Beatles music is still popular today and judging by the numbers at the Green
Tree, no less popular here in Pattaya.
Bangkok Pattaya Hospital announces Charity Walk & Run
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
In the spirit of community development, the Bangkok Pattaya
Hospital will hold a Walk & Run event for charity, supporting three local
organizations. Discussions on the route and details of the event were held at
city hall with Dr. Chakraphan Pongsatien, Bangkok Pattaya Hospital assistant
director and Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn on Thursday February 24.
 Mayor
Niran Wattanasartsathorn (right) and Dr. Chakraphan Pongsatien, Bangkok Pattaya
Hospital assistant director, chair the meeting.
The event will take place on Saturday, March 26 with walkers
and runners setting off from the hospital’s beauty skin care center at 7 a.m.
Participants will make their way to the Dusit Resort where a variety of
activities and the final donations will be handed over to the mayor on behalf of
the organizations.
Three organizations, The Fountain of Life Center, Pattaya
Children’s Welfare Foundation and Redemptorist Foundation for the Disabled,
have been selected as the beneficiaries of the event.
Dr. Chakraphan said, “This activity is set to be a lively one with the main
aim of benefiting society as a whole. It will also provide an opportunity for
residents to exercise and benefit from the health results.”
F&B Club hosts 20-year
celebration party
Suchada Tupchai
The F&B Club recently celebrated 20 years of success. On
February 16, the Food and Beverage Club, led by Prayoon Chaiosa, president, held
a party at the Town in Town Hotel to celebrate the occasion. Weerranat
Limprasut, president of special activities management for the SS Hotel
Association, presided over the opening ceremonies.
Weerranat
Limprasut, president of special activities management for the SS Hotel
Association, presides over the opening ceremonies.
Addressing the group, Prayoon Chaiosa said, “The club has
been a success for 20 years and will continue into its 21st year. It is
increasing its members and has an unlimited amount of memberships for hotel
personnel, including being open to members of entertainment venues, clubs and
restaurants. The purpose is to use this club to have members meet each other,
and to exchange food and beverage ideas. Also to create member networks to
organize other activities such as training for traveling and educating members
around the country, and other interesting projects. In the past they have had
success and good participation from older members.”
Weerranat expressed his delight that the club has prospered
over the past 20 years. “There is a long history of management for the clubs,
and this is important for developing personnel in the food and beverage industry
in Pattaya City. I am glad to see the unity between members.”
Club members and celebrities had a meal together, were treated to
entertaining shows, and enjoyed a late night raffle.
EDITORIAL: Increased prices at the fuel pump
By Suchada Tupchai
The increases just keep coming. Diesel fuel just went up 60
satang per litre just as queues at the pump were getting long before benzene
went up another 40 satang per litre.
The price rise, they claim, is due to the New York listing of
crude at 50 US dollars per barrel as usage around the globe increases. The
trickle down now affects us at home here in Thailand as we prepare for these
never before seen diesel and benzene prices at the pumps.
Despite officials citing that the fuel increases may not
affect the cost of goods and services, the damage has begun and businesses are
already increasing their prices in small increments. In reality, the effects are
minimal, with an increase of 2 satang per kilometre per passenger on buses,
operators will almost definitely alter their prices accordingly. The changes not
only affect the transport industry, the effects continue on down to the cost of
electricity.
EGAT should announce that as a result of fuel increase they
would not raise the cost of electricity supply. However, that remains to be
seen, they seem to be instead reducing the production process to balance the
cost. If this doesn’t happen the general public will be submitted to costs
across the board.
Many residents are already finding it difficult to cope with
the increase in fuel prices and they look to the government for help. It is the
little people who will feel the greatest pinch. Fresh in the minds of many is
the election promises made during the campaign. Can the government live up to
their promises after people put their trust in them for the second term?
Whatever, the case may be, the good thing is that the problem
affects the entire country, and with that in mind, officialdom will need to bow
to pressure from the masses if they can’t resolve the issue. But also it
provides an opportunity for the majority to become more energy conscious.
Changes have already come into effect, as everyone tightens their belts to make
the most out of what they have by making what energy they do use reap the most
benefit.
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