Twenty-three trophies are up for grabs at the 11th Philstage Gawad Buhay Awards for the Performing Arts, May 28, at the Onstage Theater, Greenbelt 1, Makati City.
At the Peta Festival of Windows, an astonishing display of fresh and creative cultural flowering from outside Manila
"Sandugo 2016 will use the native Kuradang dance 'as the main basis and inspiration for this year’s contest, being the most local of Boholano traditional dance expressions.'"
New original plays, bigger audiences, a tighter community, more regional shows in the spotlight
Denisa Reyes, this year’s recipient of the Gawad CCP Para Sa Sining for dance, wishes she has more opportunities to do theater productions.
Rising from its sleepy image and troubled past, Anilao town in Iloilo province recently held its 10th Banaag (Light) Festival, highlighting its rich history through well-researched theater performances.
It was 6 a.m. in Dubai when Lutgardo “Gardy” Labad first heard the worrying news. He was up early to prepare for a drama workshop he was conducting for the OFW community there. A cousin of his texted that a strong earthquake had struck Bohol, and that the floor in their ancestral house had cracked.
