Blood is Thicker than Water: Ateneo ENTABLADO’S Sa Tahanan ng Aking Ama
TRAVEL BACK in time to the year 1942 in the Philippines, a period in our history that has been blood-marked by the Japanese occupation and the fierce struggle of the Filipino people. Ateneo ENTABLADO’s Sa Tahanan ng Aking Ama vividly portrays family hardships during this period of conflict, a nation’s submission to foreign power, and […]
November 18, 2024
Navigating the volatility of love: MusicArtes’s “The Half-Life of Marie Curie”
TRAVERSING THE world of The Half-Life of Marie Curie, we follow the esteemed physicist, played by Missy Maramara, as she entangles herself with her late husband’s student, Paul Langevin, in a scandalous affair that has tainted her illustrious career. Amid the chaos, she secretly retreats to the British coast with her long-time friend, Hertha Ayrton […]
September 26, 2024
Mula sa Katipunan, tungo sa buwan: Stories of love and defiance from the alumni cast of Mula sa Buwan
MORE THAN a decade since its debut, the musical Mula sa Buwan continues to capture hearts with its poignant narration of young, unrequited love and self-discovery amid a time of war. The story follows Cyrano (Myke Salomon), a long-nosed cadet leader who yearns for his beloved Roxane (Gab Pangilinan). However, his feelings are overshadowed by […]
September 5, 2024
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Love as revolution: Barefoot Theatre Collaborative’s Mula Sa Buwan
TO LOVE is a political act, and the latest run of Mula Sa Buwan fully embodies this statement with both a bigger spectacle and a deeper heart in its storytelling. It has been almost two years since this adaptation of French dramatist Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) last found its home at the Samsung […]
August 27, 2024
Greek myths, Greek gods, and a good time: blueREP’s Orphie & the Book of Heroes
EVEN THOUGH last year’s Zsazsa Zaturnnah the Musical… ‘Yun Lang! showed that the Ateneo Blue Repertory (blueREP) was back on the physical stage, its new members have not yet had the chance under the spotlight. Cue this year’s Orphie & the Book of Heroes! Given that the last physical newbie production was back in 2019 […]
February 29, 2024
Remembering wrath and honoring anger: Tanghalang Ateneo’s Ardór
TANGHALANG ATENEO (TA) started their 45th theater season off with Ardór, a play about Filipino love and revolution. Taking place in a dystopian Manila, Ardór at its core is about the anger that bubbles inside the hearts of the oppressed when they have suffered for far too long. The story centers around Z (Yani Lopez […]
September 15, 2023
Reality for idealists: Ateneo ENTABLADO’s Isa-Dalawa-Tatlo Nawantutri Tayo!
IN A trilogy of plays that is both equally hilarious as it is emotionally captivating, Isa-Dalawa-Tatlo Nawantutri Tayo! by Ateneo ENTABLADO returns to stage with a bang and ends the show with drowning applause from the audience in the small black box theater. The show’s 1 hour and 40-minute run presents three one-act plays. Its […]
May 11, 2023
A Reflection and reformation for the ages: Tanghalang Ateneo’s Tartuffe
AFTER YEARS away from the physical stage, Tanghalang Ateneo returns with their first production, Tartuffe, o Ang Manloloko. Director Ron Capinding’s adaptation of Molière’s classic play by Rolando Tinio aims to reflect the societal hypocrisy and deceit of the modern world through classic literature. Repulsive reflections When Tartuffe (Yeshua Celebrado & alternate John Patrick Noynay) […]
March 22, 2023
What is sacred cannot be borrowed: A review of We Call Her Ina Bai
THIS OCTOBER, we celebrate our country’s indigenous peoples (IP) who have seen no end to their struggle against those who steal their land and spill their blood. The conversation on IP rights is by no means new, but firsthand accounts still remain sparse in Philippine literature. We Call Her Ina Bai (2021), a non-fictional book […]
October 31, 2022