Theater group Sipat Lawin Ensemble (SLE) recently received Honorable Mention from the 2018 Elliott Hayes Awards for Outstanding Dramaturgy. The recognition was bestowed by the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas at its 33rd Annual Conference in Toronto.
Sipat Lawin Ensemble (SLE) takes the adage “All the world’s a stage” to heart. The theater group, founded by several alumni from Philippine High School for the Arts, has gone beyond the fourth wall with site-specific performances and theatrical device work.
There was really no music at first, or even an actual script.
On Feb. 19-23, PResNt (Performance Research Network) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines will hold “MNL X,” a festival featuring new works in dance, theater and performance art by some of the most active independent artists and companies from Manila.
Valentine’s Day falls on a weekend. Let it be that time of the year when you take your loved one to the theater. Here are shows—from the funny to the sexy—ongoing this Valentine Month.
Sipat Lawin Ensemble is hosting “Karnabal: A Def. Defying Festival,” a theater festival featuring groups and solo artists, in alternative performance spaces within Intramuros from Nov. 21 to 24.
It’s not everyday that a theater group announces on Facebook that it’s looking to borrow an aquarium for one of its events. But then, Sipat Lawin Ensemble has never really considered itself a “traditional” theater company; and reaching out to its audiences in every which way is just part of how it rolls.
Sipat Lawin Ensemble has collaborated with several Australian playwrights to develop a performance adaptation of “Battle Royale”—the controversial novel by Koushun Takami that spawned a movie version and a manga version.
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