The 500 Baht entrance ticket to the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand now includes a Khon performance at the Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre.
Purchased onsite at the Grand Palace, the ticket has until now covered entry to the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew (the Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Wat Phra Kaew Museum.
The Bureau of the Royal Household, thus, has added the opportunity to see the Khon performance into the 500 Baht ticket.
There are five performances daily of the 25-minute masked dance drama from Monday to Friday, at 10.30 Hrs., 13.00 Hrs., 14.30 Hrs., 16.00 Hrs., and 17.30 Hrs. A shuttle bus is available to take one-way trip from the Phiman Deves Gate at the Grand Palace to Sala Chalermkrung, leaving 30 minutes before the start of each performance.
Khon is revered as a performance that preserves the ancient tradition of the royal court’s khon while bringing in modern techniques to create a visual spectacle, combining the beauty of dancing, singing, voice-over, dialogue, setting and costume.
