Virgin Labfest auditions tomorrow, May 22
May 21, 2010 · Comments Off
Auditions for the Virgin Labfest 6, a festival of new unpublished and unstaged works by Philippine playwrights, will be held on Saturday, May 22, 1- 7 p.m. at the CCP Silangan Hall.
Now on its 6th year, the Labfest is an annual joint partnership of the Writer’s Bloc, Tanghalang Pilipino and the...
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Virgin Labfest 6: Set… play!
May 19, 2010 · Comments Off
From Rody Vera's Facebook, more details about VLF 6, to run June 23-July 4 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. See ya there.
All set for YEAR 6 of Virgin Labfest. Here are the sets. Temporary pa lang ang mga titles ng bawat set, but I guess you'd get a glimpse of what's in store per show!
SET....
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12 finalists to this year’s Virgin Labfest bared
May 17, 2010 · Comments Off
Rody Vera of the Writers' Bloc, co-organizer of the yearly experimental theater festival Virgin Labfest, has announced the 12 plays chosen for the sixth edition of the Labfest, which shall run from June 23-July 4, 2010 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The finalists are:
Bakit Wala Nang Nagtatagpo...
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Auditions for TP’s Banaag at Sikat, TA’s Walang Sugat
May 14, 2010 · Comments Off
1. Banaag at Sikat. Tanghalang Pilipino, CCP’s resident theater company, announces auditions for its upcoming 24th season opener, "Banaag at Sikat, Isang Rock Musical." The auditions will be held on Wednesday, May 19, at the CCP-Bulwagang Amado Hernandez (Conference Room), 2-7 p.m.
With book and lyrics...
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La Ronde reworked, part 2
May 8, 2010 · Comments Off
A 2005 review of “Laro,” Floy Quintos and Miguel Castro's Pinoy gay adaptation of “La Ronde.” Tanghalang Ateneo is presenting the Arthur Schnitzler play until May 16. Backgrounder here.
BLACK HEARTS AT PLAY
(Published February 7, 2005)
AT the end of Laro, Floy Quintos and Miguel Castro's incendiary...
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La Ronde reworked, part 1
May 7, 2010 · Comments Off
With Tanghalang Ateneo bringing back “La Ronde” to the Manila stage, I thought I'd share my reviews of the last two local productions that revisited the Arthur Schnitzler classic--coincidentally, both of them staged in 2005 and both a contemporary reworking of the material, though they couldn't have...
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Tanghalang Ateneo opens new season with La Ronde
May 7, 2010 · Comments Off
Tanghalang Ateneo begins its 32nd year--the Season of Ardent Pursuits--with "La Ronde," the classic play by Arthur Schnitzler.
Written in 1902, "La Ronde" portrays 10 characters/archetypes in a daisy chain where the first character leaves his first partner for a second, the second leaves the first...
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PETA presents three-week dance festival
May 4, 2010 · Comments Off
With the rise of creative spaces in the area, Quezon City has been recently attracting more and more artists and art enthusiasts. To cater to this ever growing crowd, the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) has opened its theater space to play host to various concerts, artistic performances...
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Politics as theater stars Ham, Natural, Eager Beaver, Ingenue, Show-off, ‘Saling Pusa,’ others
April 25, 2010 · Comments Off
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 04.25.2010
[Note: The Big Boss asked me to write about the electoral pageant from a theater perspective. Here's what I came up with. It's on page 1 of today's Inquirer.)
THERE’S A GOOD REASON ELECTIONS are typically equated with the business of putting on a show. (“It’s...
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Laughter that hurts, and the need to make noise
April 20, 2010 · Comments Off
“The purpose of comedy is to hurt feelings. You have to hurt feelings. If you just massage people’s feelings, you may as well write straight, you shouldn’t write comedy.” -- Mel Brooks, who also said, "Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said."
And on the business of living:
“If...
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