‘Desaparesidos’ is fiery, stunning theater
It’s a brilliantly mounted production that fuses fury, fear and, in its final moments, faint slivers of hope.
August 25, 2018
It’s a brilliantly mounted production that fuses fury, fear and, in its final moments, faint slivers of hope.
The restaging of “Desaparesidos,” adapted from Lualhati Bautista’s novel, runs Aug. 17-Sept. 2, at The Doreen Black Box, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University.
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Succinctly directed, though a bit too expository
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One grabs the soul; the other drains it
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