Google celebrates Francisco Balagtas
Google commemorated on Monday the 230th birthday of Francisco Balagtas, one of the Philippines’ most influential figures in literature.
Google commemorated on Monday the 230th birthday of Francisco Balagtas, one of the Philippines’ most influential figures in literature.
FILIPINO poet Francisco Balagtas was honored during the opening of the National Literature Month held at Hardin ni Balagtas in Orion, Bataan, last April 2. Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF)
ONGOING 9 Works Theatrical’s ‘La Cage aux Folles,’ opens today, RCBC Theater 9 WORKS Theatrical’s smash production of the classic Broadway musical “La Cage aux Folles” is back with a
Gantimpala Theater Foundation Inc. proudly presents its 38th season opening production, Francisco Balagtas’ “Florante at Laura”— one of the most enduring Filipino literary masterpieces described by many as a poetic
The Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) welcomes the new year with a marriage of different theater treats from world-class productions to uniquely experiential workshops.
Three years ago, Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) put on a show that aimed to make Shakespeare more accessible to the Filipino youth by transplanting the Bard’s dated English to the hip language of rap. The play was “William,” and it was a gamble that handsomely paid off, in both the pedagogical and theatrical sense.
Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (Peta) “FnL,” a modern reworking of Franciso Baltazar’s “Florante at Laura,” presents an unusual encounter of Balagtas’ language and contemporary Filipino slang like “bekimon” and “jologs.”
“Isang dulaang umiispluk ng samu’t saring ispirikitik ng dulaang Pinoy.”
Theater, television and film director and actor Joel Lamangan is Gantimpala Theater’s new artistic director. He steps into the position after the passing of GT’s founding artistic director Tony Espejo last year.
After going to the movies, so to speak, and making Shakespeare lots of fun, the Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) is shifting gears and concentrating on Philippine literature.
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