No other way to phrase it: Skyzx Labastilla gives a tour de force performance
Dulaang UPâs adaptation of Goetheâs epic is as timely a theatrical staging as it gets
Alumni gather for Dulaang UP anniversary fund-raiser
Rody Veraâs Filipino adaptation of Henrik Ibsenâs âPeer Gyntâ takes you on a journeyâand what a journey it is
âForrest Gumpâ? âThe Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonâ? âPeer Gyntâ may be the story youâve always loved, but never heard ofâbut Rody Veraâs adaptation may change that
While moving and complicated, the play sometimes felt too much like a summary and a homily, and not enough like a story
For its final offering this 39th season, Dulaang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas stages âBilanggo ng Pag-ibig,â an innovative piece largely based on Jean Genetâs last major book âUn Captif Amoureux (Prisoner of Love)â. The piece is written by Rody Vera and directed by JosĂ© Estrella.
The first time former Tanghalang Pilipino artistic director Herbie Go and I talked about doing âsomething that we really, really want to doâ was just after a Tokyo-held Asian theater collaboration we both participated in (with director Jose Estrella).
âAdarna,â the recent Dulaang UP production of the well-known Filipino folk tale that was adapted for the stage by playwright Vlad Gonzales and directed by JosĂ© Estrella, turned out to be more of a coming-of-age story of its young princely hero Don Juan (Fitz Bitaña). Perhaps it would have been more accurate to retitle it to something akin to the seemingly impossible labors of Hercules, or the wondrous journey of Odysseus.
Be enthralled by the colorful creatures of Philippine folk literature and mythology as the UP Playwrightsâ Theater puts the spotlight once again on âUmaaraw Umuulan Kinakasal ang Tikbalang,â Dulaang UPâs hit production last season. The play is adapted from Gilda Cordero-Fernando's childrenâs short story âThe Magic Circle,â written by Rody Vera and directed by JosĂ© Estrella.
