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Get into shape while listening to hot spins at the DJ Run Festival, which takes place on June 3 Makkasan Airport Rail Link Station. Running from 4.30pm to midnight, the high-energy five-kilometre course sees DJs play live through speakers to get participants running to the beat. The run is followed by an after-party dance festival. Tickets costing Bt1,5000 are available at Thai Ticket Major counters and online at www.ThaiTicketMajor.com. Follow the festival at Facebook.com/DJRunFestivalTH.

The king and the naga
Cambodia’s first gay dance company Prumsodun Ok & Natyarasa, which restages Khmer classical dances with a vital freshness, will be in Thailand this month for the Bangkok Theatre Festival Asian Focus, which runs at Thong Lor Art Space from May 26 to June 4. The troupe will perform “Beloved”, a story inspired by an Angkorian custom recorded in the thirteenth century – in which the Khmer king organised nightly sexual unions with a naga to ensure fertility of the land. The performance will be staged on June 2-4 at 8pm. For tickets and more information, visit www.BangkokTheatreFestival.org.

Likay and life
Also part of the upcoming Bangkok Theatre Festival, “Len LiKe, Play of My Life” by actor and director Pradit Prasartthong reflects on Pradit’s role as a performer and the difficulties he has faced as a likay artist during 30 years of unrest. It’s being staged at Thong Lor Art Space from May 26 to 28 at 8pm.Visit www.BangkokTheatreFestival.org.

Still waters run deep
Another festival programme is “Open Waters”, an original work for the theatre created through collaboration between Singaporean artist Tan Shou Chen and Bangkok artist Jaturachai Srichanwanpen. The work uses Water Myths as a starting thematic point. As a destructive force, water floods, destroys, and demolishes. As a birth force, it grows, rejuvenates and revives. Water, both life-giving and life-taking, is a recurrent trope in Singapore and Thailand culture. You can see it at at Thong Lor Art Space from May 26 to 28. Find out more at www.BangkokTheatreFestival.org

Cabaret at the Bazaar
The Playhouse Magical Cabaret is an exciting mix of live theatre, cabaret, illusions and lady boy shows featuring beautiful Thai dancers, live singers and stunning stage designs. It’s located at the Bazaar Theatre in Suan Lum Night Bazaar and performs two shows every night at 8pm and 9.30pm. This 70-minute non-stop roller coaster of entertainment includes cultural Thai & Chinese performances, Broadway, classical ballet, Bollywood, hip-hop and contemporary |dance styles. Book your tickets now at http://www.PlayhouseThailand.com/|magical-cabaret./