"HUBAD" and "THE PALANCA IN MY MIND" return for the Virgin Labfest
Two of the outstanding productions featured in last year's Virgin Labfest 2 return for a limited run in the 2007 Virgin Labfest 3, the annual festival of untried, untested, unpublished and unstaged plays.
Writing about these plays, the Philippine Daily Inquirer's Gibbs Cadiz wrote that Job Pagsibigan’s “The Palanca in My Mind” directed Roobak Valle Valle "offered a diverting (if sitcom-ish) stab at the stuffed, geriatric image of the Palanca Awards, the country’s premier literary competition." Heading the cast is Wenah Nagales, who "virtually gobbled up the scenery as the starry-eyed writer Dory, supported by a shape-shifting cast of talented Tanghalang Pilipino actors."
"Hubad" features Irma Adlawan and Nonie Buencamino who play a husband and wife who’ve taken to playing sexual games to spice up their marriage. According to Cadiz, the two actors "were a wonder to watch—nothing less than master classes on the use of body, voice, mind and experience to create tactile characters onstage.' The play, written by Liza Magtoto and directed by Denisa Reyes, "featured strong humor and a bracing, penetrating honesty."
Catch THE BEST OF VIRGIN LABFEST 2 ("The Palanca In My Mind" and "Hubad") on July 3 and 4 at 3:00 and 8:00 P.M. at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute. Tickets at P200 are available at the CCP Box Office (832-3704) and Ticketworld (891-9999). A note to would-be viewers: these plays had to turn away audiences in lst year's run because there were simply no more seats to sell.
The Virgin Labfest 3 runs from June 28 to July 8 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Visit http://www.virginlabfest.com/, http://www.tanghalangpilipino.com/, and http://www.culturalcenter.gov.,ph/.
Writing about these plays, the Philippine Daily Inquirer's Gibbs Cadiz wrote that Job Pagsibigan’s “The Palanca in My Mind” directed Roobak Valle Valle "offered a diverting (if sitcom-ish) stab at the stuffed, geriatric image of the Palanca Awards, the country’s premier literary competition." Heading the cast is Wenah Nagales, who "virtually gobbled up the scenery as the starry-eyed writer Dory, supported by a shape-shifting cast of talented Tanghalang Pilipino actors."
"Hubad" features Irma Adlawan and Nonie Buencamino who play a husband and wife who’ve taken to playing sexual games to spice up their marriage. According to Cadiz, the two actors "were a wonder to watch—nothing less than master classes on the use of body, voice, mind and experience to create tactile characters onstage.' The play, written by Liza Magtoto and directed by Denisa Reyes, "featured strong humor and a bracing, penetrating honesty."
Catch THE BEST OF VIRGIN LABFEST 2 ("The Palanca In My Mind" and "Hubad") on July 3 and 4 at 3:00 and 8:00 P.M. at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute. Tickets at P200 are available at the CCP Box Office (832-3704) and Ticketworld (891-9999). A note to would-be viewers: these plays had to turn away audiences in lst year's run because there were simply no more seats to sell.
The Virgin Labfest 3 runs from June 28 to July 8 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Visit http://www.virginlabfest.com/, http://www.tanghalangpilipino.com/, and http://www.culturalcenter.gov.,ph/.
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