MANILA, Philippines — The National Ballet of China is bringing its acclaimed “Raise the Red Lantern” ballet to the Philippines this month under a cultural exchange program that officials said Wednesday has remained strong despite the two countries’ territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
THE THREE leading ballet companies in Manila—Ballet Philippines (BP), Ballet Manila (BM) and Philippine Ballet Theatre (PBT)—setting aside whatever difference they have, have closed ranks to mount a major two-week
TP’s planned 2016-17 season opens with the Virgin Labfest. While the annual festival of new plays had always been a coproject of playwrights group Writer’s Bloc and TP since it
Construction of the P50-million Black Box Theater is funded by arts patron–and former UP actor under Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero–Ignacio Gimenez
Tanghalang Pilipino’s radical musical reimagining of Apolinario Mabini returns Feb. 19-March 13
The complex development of the Cultural Center of the Philippines takes off with a new Black Box Theater to be constructed in the sunken parking area of the CCP complex,
FOR 2015, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) presented 1,169 productions, involving 24,000 artists and viewed by audiences numbering 685,000. These took place in 293 days of the year.
New original plays, bigger audiences, a tighter community, more regional shows in the spotlight
Enough bounty to fill a Top 10 list and more–and here we try
Musicals playing second fiddle to ‘straight’ plays—who knew?
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