Khon masked-dance theatre
Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre
Phra Nakhon (Old Town), Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
A 1933 art deco royal theatre in Bangkok's old town that stages short Khon masked dance dramas from the Ramakien with a live Thai orchestra and English subtitles shown on screen. It is a genuine working cultural stage that most trip apps skip in favour of the Grand Palace a few streets away, so a traveller who wants the real masked dance rather than a dinner show buffet version can find it here.
Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre building, Bangkok's 1933 art deco royal theatre in the old town, photographed in 2025. Photo by Deepak-nsk, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
Hours
Official source, currentVenue and box office open 9:00 to 18:00, Monday to Sunday including public holidays (this is the venue opening window, not a single showtime). Actual performance times differ by product and sources conflict, so no single showtime is asserted here (see notes).
“9.00 น. – 18.00 น. | จันทร์ – อาทิตย์ (ทุกวันไม่เว้นวันหยุดราชการ)”
salachalermkrung.com · Checked 24 Jul 2026
Price
Official source, currentA 500 baht Grand Palace combined ticket includes a Khon performance at Sala Chalermkrung, per a Thai travel magazine listing. This is the Grand Palace bundle price that includes Khon, not a standalone theatre door price. No standalone theatre ticket price was confirmed on any page fetched this run (a 400 baht standalone figure appears only in web search summaries, not on a page fetched word for word, so it is not used here).
“"ในราคาพิเศษ 500 บาท นักท่องเที่ยวจะได้รับบัตรเข้าชมพระบรมมหาราชวัง วัดพระศรีรัตนศาสดาราม พิพิธภัณฑ์วัดพระศรีรัตนศาสดาราม และบัตรเข้าชมการแสดงโขน" (special price of 500 baht, tourists receive a ticket to the Grand Palace, Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha Museum, and a ticket to the Khon performance) / "สำหรับคนไทยที่สนใจเข้าชมการแสดงโขน สามารถซื้อบัตรได้ที่จุดจำหน่ายบัตรศาลาเฉลิมกรุง ในราคา 100 บาท" (for Thai nationals interested in watching the Khon performance, tickets can be bought at Sala Chalermkrung's own ticket counter at a price of 100 baht)”
salachalermkrung.com · Checked 7 Aug 2026
Age suitability
Booking site listingNo minimum age stated on any page fetched. The Trazy booking listing states children under 12 enter free of charge (indicate the number of children when booking) and that the same price applies for both adults and children, and English subtitles are shown on screen, so it reads as family and all-ages friendly rather than age-restricted. This speaks to price and welcome, not a hard age restriction.
“Children (under 12 years old) are free of charge. Please indicate the number of children upon booking to have their seats allocated.”
trazy.com · Checked 24 Jul 2026
Caveats
VERIFY PASS 2026-07-24: all three cited pages re-fetched fresh and all three snippets appear word for word on their cited pages, so all three facts are confirmed, not paraphrased. Evidence tiers held as extracted: Trazy (aggregator) is booking-site, Thaiways (media listing) is single-report, salachalermkrung.com…
7 sources checked for this venue.