Experiences July 17, 2020
Fantastic shows in Thailand that you never see before. From Khon (Thai traditional musical theater), Li-Ke (Thai Traditional drama play) which famous among Thais and also gained fame from the shows in many countries.
You would have heard about Thai shadow play called ‘Ta-Luang’. Famous shadow play from the south of Thailand. The plays are mixed between a traditional musical and a drama that mostly from the folklore stories. Unique yet mystery traditional shadow play. Let’s resolve your curiosity with the list of shadow play theaters below!
Suchard Sabsin’s house of shadow puppet (Baan Nang Talung Ajarn Suchard Sabsin).
Famous shadow puppet craft and theater house at Nakornsrithammarat. Not just a shadow puppet theater in this house there is also a puppet crafting that you can join in for practical crafting. Also, a shadow puppet museum to study the history of this house and the reason why his shadow puppet is famous from Thai to international.
Suchard was started his career by his hometown heritage. The folklore stories that were shown in the shadow puppet plays and he was also created his own style of a shadow puppet performance and made them famous in many countries.
He also wrote his own script for his plays. A unique and wonderful shadow puppet shows that you can find them here.
Shadow puppet museum.
One of the amusing places that were located in Ajarn Suchrd’s house. Like we suggested above, Suchard is the one who made the fame out of his hometown heritage, Talung show and what is more interesting about him is he is not just bringing the beauty of shadow puppet but he also invent and adapt to made the shows more modern and more understandable for an international audience.
In this museum, you would see and learn his story and how he was step up to be the professional shadow puppet show in Thailand. The big building that you can walk around from the first to the second floor with many exhibitions around such as the shadow puppet tickets that were collected from age to age, Instruments which play through the shadow puppet show exhibition.
If you want to grab something back there is the souvenir shop at the exit of the museum. There is also the handmade souvenir made from Suchard family that you will never get from anywhere else!
Talung Theater.
Another interesting corner that is located in the Ajarn Suchard house. This theater house is available for 30 seats and the show program will be chosen by the audience’s age or interest.
Ajarn Suchard will perform the shadow puppet show with his son. What is it like to see the professional shadow puppet from the professional performer? Come and see this famous yet unique and beautiful show that you will never see before here!
