Plays
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- Newsmakers
CCP Thirteen Artists Awards exhibition now open to the public until January 12, 2026
MSO Concerto Competition 2025 sets October 8 deadline
Curiosity and connection: Derek Tumala and his artistic journey
CCP partners with JRU and PLM to nurture art appreciation among Filipino students
Free Mendiola 216, hold corrupt accountable, and not the youth fighting for their future under a rotten system — Sining Lila
- Art attack
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao showcases works of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
SEX NOW exhibited at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf
Opera Gallery presents ‘Jean Dubuffet, L’Hourloupe et son sillage (1962-1982)’, a major solo exhibition dedicated to Jean Dubuffet
Serpentine presents ‘House of Music’, featuring the works of Peter Doig
UP Vargas Museum exhibits ‘All Living Things are Breathing Now’ until August 30
- Sound
MATÉO’s ‘Lalim’ nominated for Folk Song of the Year at first-ever Filipino Music Awards
Tiggi Hawke releases new single, ‘Man In The Corner’
PPO marks 41 years of musical flexibility in ‘VERSATILE’
‘Dancing with Tchaikovsky’ scheduled on September 27 at Aliw Theater, Pasay City
PETA’s ‘Walang Aray’ musical cast recording now available on Spotify
- On-screen
Cinemalaya sails to bigger and better shores with new venue partners this October
37th Gawad Alternatibo ignites new narratives with Pasiklab
Chinese film ‘Dead to Rights’ tops global weekend box office
‘Salt Water’ to be released on June 24; explores identity, trauma and forbidden connection
‘Fathers of Circumstances’ film exhibit scheduled on June 14-15
- Onstage
CCP National Theatre Live brings to PH screen two iconic plays on the performative self
FEU Theater Guild cooks up a thrilling, filipino dark comedy with ‘Karne’
VLF XX: Hinog reschedules its special one-night only extension this August
CCP and BOGT Philippines present “13th of September” this August 10
Salome’s dangerous obsession in CCP’s The Met: LIVE in HD
- Style
Sephora expands partnership with Haus Labs by Lady Gaga
Essential organic cotton button-up shirts for a stylish, sustainable spring
Fashion and visual arts merge in CCP’s ‘Filipiniana x Obra’ exhibit at the National Museum of Fine Arts
Ben Sherman showcases latest collection of button-up shirts as ultimate go-to for early spring season
DOST-PTRI, Bayo Manila partner to turn textile waste into tomorrow’s fashion through TexRev’s ‘Fabric-to-Yarn’ innovation
- Goods
Insta360 introduces Flow 2, the next-generation, creator-friendly evolution of its beloved smartphone gimbal
Canon introduces two new video-centric cameras to meet new creative needs
Canon’s top of the line EOS R system camera is geared up to ace the action
Canon launches EOS R1 as first flagship model for EOS R SYSTEM
Sony Electronics announces compact wide-angle FE 16-25mm F2.8 G zoom lens
- Reviews
Staging the overdramatic Pinoy via PETA’s ‘One More Chance: The Musical’
Co-opting the OFW story via ‘We Don’t Dance for Nothing’?
That shaky attempt to tackle abortion via ’12 Weeks’
Missed opportunities via the confused ‘Ang Mga Nawalang Pag-asa at Panlasa’
Discovering dialogue-driven storytelling via ‘The Dust in Your Place’
Plays
Written by Carlo Vergara and directed by JR Ambol, it tells the story of a long-hidden truth revealed to rattle a simple family forever.
Plays
[KOSMOS] is an online collaborative performance piece that explores and examines the meaning, purpose, and utilization of makeup—especially in relation to its gradual loss...
Plays
A trilogy production featuring original scripts— Wangwang, Coffee Break and Solo, to be livestreamed on March 5, 12 and 19, 2021 at 6:00PM respectively...
NEWSMAKERS
Under José Estrella’s direction, Nana Rosa tells the story of Maria Rosa Henson, the first Filipina to reveal her struggle as a sex slave...
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Komedya ng Don Galo presents a new moro moro play, titled “Senadala at Persyanus,” on February 21, 2020, at 3pm, at the Tanghalang Huseng...
EVENTS
The musical is an adaption of Gabriel Garcia-Marquez’ best-loved tale of discovery, hope, and change, “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World.”.
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Virgin Labfest, the festival of “unpublished, unstaged, untested and untried” plays, brings its unang puga (first run) to Cagayan de Oro City from December...
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The group will be staging a play entitled “Aguas Santas 1901,” an adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” and directed by Bunny Cadag this...
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UP Repertory Company opens its 47th production season with DADA: The Chika Minutes¸ a performance of LGBTQIA stories.
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The Far Eastern University Theater Guild (FTG), on its 85th theater season, restages Makikitawag Lang Ako this coming October.
NEWSMAKERS
Tao Po is a one night show slated on August 31, Saturday, 8:00 PM at the CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute.
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Twin Bill Theater Company is set to open its third season with the Asian premiere of DANCING LESSONS, a 95-minute charming new two-character play...
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Federico Garcia Lorca’s last play, La Casa de Bernarda Alba, directed by Alexander Cortez – translated from the original Spanish into English as The...