Pattaya - Last Night At The Cabaret Show

When I was young and naïve I used to watch these cabaret shows or broadway shows of that sort on TV where a group of gorgeous female dancers in glittering full body swimsuit swinging their legs up dancing to the tune of New York, New York. I never seemed to have the opportunity to watch live cabaret until I visited Pattaya. The cabaret show we attended is called the Alcazar. It boasts herself as the most outstanding cabaret show in Asia with the state of the art sound system, choreography, costumes, props and stage arrangement. It is also unique in the sense that all the performers are transformed women (transvestite or katoey).

The one and half hour show is indeed an eye opener to my self and the 3 pungits. I am pretty sure the impact of the show is more to the 3 pungits, gossshhh – they must had envied the performers’ beautiful body with silicon boobs, first class skin complexion, excellent hairdo and make up, not to mention how well these performers walk elegantly on high heels, stilettos and leather boots. At one point during the show as I turned to my 3 pungit friends I noticed a slight glum on their face probably thinking how they could ever or wish to be as beautiful as the performers, or at least to be able to walk gracefully on stilettos. But then again, it must be one of my non-existence imaginations.

The cabaret show runs twice daily at 6 and 8 pm, 7 days a week. It changes every 3 months. What impress me so much about the cabaret show is on the costumes and the stage props. It astonishes me on the details and energy put into making it like a fairy tale dream, but only on stage. The lighting was excellent as well as the music arrangement and the choreography although a bit easy and simple, it was executed beautifully on stage. After the show, half of the performers line up outside the hall to allow the audience to take pictures with them – at a price of 40 baht per picture which is reasonable.