No other way to phrase it: Skyzx Labastilla gives a tour de force performance
Dulaang UP’s adaptation of Goethe’s epic is as timely a theatrical staging as it gets
Alumni gather for Dulaang UP anniversary fund-raiser
Rody Vera’s Filipino adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s ‘Peer Gynt’ takes you on a journey–and what a journey it is
‘Forrest Gump’? ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’? ‘Peer Gynt’ may be the story you’ve always loved, but never heard of–but Rody Vera’s 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 “Bilanggo ng Pag-ibig,” an innovative piece largely based on Jean Genet’s last major book “Un Captif Amoureux (Prisoner of Love)”. The piece is written by Rody Vera and directed by José Estrella.
The first time former Tanghalang Pilipino artistic director Herbie Go and I talked about doing “something that we really, really want to do” was just after a Tokyo-held Asian theater collaboration we both participated in (with director Jose Estrella).
“Adarna,” 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 José 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 Playwrights’ Theater puts the spotlight once again on “Umaaraw Umuulan Kinakasal ang Tikbalang,” Dulaang UP’s hit production last season. The play is adapted from Gilda Cordero-Fernando's children’s short story “The Magic Circle,” written by Rody Vera and directed by José Estrella.
