AIM Student Stars in Siam Niramit Show

AIM student Abhijeet Bahaadur of MBA Cohort 3 stars in this amazing, world-class performance of Thailand's cultural heritage. Well not exactly but he did get picked to go up on stage for a very musical and entertaining intermission number.

For a night we were happy to be a part of the 40 million dollar production. And even though I slept through the first act (I blame it on the buffet + being tired from all the traveling) I did wake up just in time to see an AIM student take center stage in front of a 2,000 capacity filled theater. For Abhijeet's performance I give him a 10 out of 10 and I think the crowd felt the same way too.

I've been part of some school plays and I know it is very difficult to manage a lot of different things at the same time. I could only imagine how the people behind this show could manage 150 actors and actresses (not including live elephants), over a 100 person stage crew, over 500 costumes and 102 sets every night. I've worked in a factory and I know my way around managing one but I have never tried managing a very creative and artistic project since I filmed a mock-documentary back in my university days. Of course you could not really compare my small time project to this 40million dollar production. But in all this great costumes, special effects, elephants walking around the theater I was thinking how much does the show earn and what is it's break even in ticket sales.

A ticket would cost 1,500 baht per person and at full capacity would generate 3 million baht in one night. In a week, this show could potentially get 21 million baht. Of course that's at 100% capacity. But I think with their marketing and the Siam Niramit cultural value they could go for a healthy 75-90% capacity every night. What I still can't imagine is how much does it cost to stage this show every night. And how long would they stick to the same show before they decide to stage a different show. In my opinion a tourist would probably only see this once and rarely come back. So when will they say... "this show has gone long enough let's change it up."

These were the things that were running through my head while I was trying to put together and understand the second act because I was knocked out during the first act. But after a very entertaining show I leave it up to you to ponder how did they manage to do that...

Abhijeet Bahaduur's smashing debut at Siam Niramit