I finally got to watch my first Repertory Philippines production this year! I missed their show last month, 4000 Miles, mostly because I had no idea that it was already running. I only got their partial season pass in the mail mid-March and the play was already halfway through with…
Category: Theatre
[caption id="attachment_2407" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Fabulous Cake Topper, feathers and all[/caption] The other day I bore witness to something that not everybody sees inside an office: a full-grown man was getting his arm hair waxed off. It was done very early in the morning before our shift and because he took…
The gutsiest thing that a play can possibly do is to strip it down to its barest elements and just let it be all about the dialogue and the acting. In this sense Red Turnip's second play, intriguingly titled Cock, is very unique although the play is distinct in many…
A couple of Saturdays ago I was invited to take good long hard look on that world-famous Filipino trait of resilience. Is it really such a good thing? Are we really deserving to be commended by making the best out of what we're dealt with or are we just basking…
When I signed up for the Repertory Philipines' Gold Year Pass, I reserved seats to all the last show dates of all five (5) plays because experience has taught me that when it comes to these things, they really do reserve the best for last. Usually, by the time they…