Since its founding in 2005, the Virgin Labfest (VLF) has had a major hand in the development of Filipino playwrights and playwriting. Its aim is to provide aspiring dramatists
The original Pinay superhero marks her return to the Philippine stage with a production that combines theater and dance. “Ding, Ang Bato!,” presented by the Arts and Culture Cluster
It’s the latest from the tandem of playwright Layeta Bucoy and director Tuxqs Rutaquio
It was the unglamorous life told conscientiously, with each of the performers seizing that proverbial moment in the spotlight
Writing for this unique festival of one-act plays is tough, because ‘your play needs to be concise and sweet’
Through the Bicolano epic “Ibalong,” as reinterpreted and reimagined in song-and-dance form by Tanghalang Pilipino (TP), the resident drama company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Bicol can share
‘I want the audience to ask questions when they leave the theater. For me, a play is successful if it provokes thought,’ says artistic director Tuxqs Rutaquio
The production ends up staying with you, even growing on you, long after the lights have gone out
Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino attempted three times to back out of her role as Señora Margarita, a scheming, conceited, aristocratic cougar. But director Tuxqs Rutaquio refused to let her go.
There are children who are born physically disabled but are emotionally whole. Such is the condition of a little girl named Susie, the central character in “Sandosenang Sapatos,” a musical which will be restaged at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute, Cultural Center of the Philippines, on Aug. 28-31.
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