The Philippine High School for the Arts’ (PHSA) production of “Nagwawalang Gubat”—Guelan Luarca’s translation of Caryl Churchill’s “Mad Forest,” staged two weekends ago at the Cultural Center of the
I was born exactly at the turn of the new millennium. It is hard for young people like me to relate to stories about martial law, and school is
Sipat Lawin Ensemble (SLE) takes the adage “All the world’s a stage” to heart. The theater group, founded by several alumni from Philippine High School for the Arts, has gone beyond the fourth wall with site-specific performances and theatrical device work.
The Madrid Fusion Manila that runs until Sunday is a welcome, think-out-of-the-box idea that makes the world sit up and listen (or eat). It’s not the run-of-the-mill promotion
June ushers in the monsoon rains, but before the heavy downpours inundate us, I managed to squeeze in another summer holiday in Palawan. This time, I stayed in a more secluded side of the island that is about an hour’s drive northeast from the capital Puerto Princesa.
By his own reckoning, actor Fernando “Nanding” Josef—now artistic director of Tanghalang Pilipino—has spent 40 years in theater. This, he said, is instrumental in his getting the kind of unique education he would never have learned in the classroom.
He may only be 27 years old, but artist Leeroy New already has a sizeable body of work that ranges from the drawings and sculptural pieces he did when he was younger to the public installations and wearable art that reminds one of vegetation or insect carapaces.
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