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.
What is it about Floy Quintos plays? “The Kundiman Party” is a world away from Quintos’ “Angry Christ”...
“Writing for Friends” could very well have been the other title for “The Kundiman Party,” the new play I...
A work of such superlative, gratifying quality, Floy Quintos’ new play, directed by Dexter Santos, clings to your brain, begging for repeat viewings
Red Turnip Theater’s production of “Tribes,” written by Nina Raine and directed by Topper Fabregas, is one of those...
In just three years, Red Turnip Theater has changed the landscape of the commercial theatre scene, proving that the straight play has always been suited to Filipino audiences’ tastes, provided that the content and form are of top-notch quality.
In whatever shape or form, the starving, honest artist who loses his battle against a more commercial world—in his lifetime, anyway—has become a favorite-topic-cum-stereotype in many plays and movies.
Remember that story about the fair-skinned, virginal girl with the evil stepmother whose talking mirror has dreams of becoming a Miss Universe pageant judge? How about the one with the girl in supposedly eternal sleep, who can be awakened only by the kiss of a stranger? And the farm boy who scales a beanstalk and earns the ire of a giant apparently living in the stratosphere?
“Games People Play” is a Palanca-winning play by Glenn Sevilla Mas. It is tempting to think that the play is autobiographical in some form. But whether the playwright drew heavily from his own memories or not is irrelevant. What he has done is create a work that is gripping, relevant, immediate, and ultimately relatable to any one, regardless of their childhood memories.
