SUGGESTED MATERIALS FOR PLAY REVIEWS

DULAANG UNIBERSIDAD NG PILIPINAS

OROSMAN AT ZAFIRA. Written by Francisco Baltazar, Orosman at Zafira depicts the struggles of three kingdoms, which is bound together by war and love. Set in a period of social disarray, the play presents the contradictions of emotions and logical thinking for public welfare and for personal happiness and satisfaction. It will run from Wednesday, 13 February 2008, to Sunday, 2 March 2008, at the Wilfrido Ma Guerrero Theater, Second Floor, Palma Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Shows at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. every Saturdays and Sundays and at 7 p.m. every Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. For tickets and for more information, call 0917-6206224, 433-7840, 926-1349, or 981-8500 local 2449 or visit http://www.upd.edu.ph/~dup/.


TANGHALANG PILIPINO

KUDETA. A funeral oration for Eddie Jones sets a precarious military takeover with trigger happy squabbling factions in Mustapha Matura's farcical and fictional coup sets in Trinidad and Tobago. Kudeta explores the chimerical quality of nationhood where foreign money overpowers dreams and aspirations. Until Sunday, 3 February 2008, at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Boulevard, City of Manila. Show at 3 p. m. For tickets or for more information, call 832-3661 or visit http://www.tanghalangpilipino.com/events.php?i=8&article=1&type=2.


EJ: ANG PINAGDAANANANG BUHAY NINA EVELIO JAVIER AT EDGAR JOPSON. Written by Ed Maranan and directed by Chris Millado, Tanghalang Pilipino stages the life stories of Evelio Javier, a social democract, and Edgar Jopson, a radical reformist, who were murdered during the martial law period. It will run from Friday, 15 February 2008, to Sunday, 9 March 2008, at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Boulevard, City of Manila. For tickets or for more information, call 832-3661 or visit http://www.tanghalangpilipino.com/events.php?i=3&article=1&type=2.


TANGHALANG ATENEO

HAKBANG SA HAKBANG. A Filipino version of William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, the play, directed and translated by Ronan Capinding, promises to entertain, as it relieves the disco dancing era, and to educate, as it draws lessons on law, justice, and morality, in a way only Shakespeare can tell. It will run until Saturday, 16 February 2008, at the Fine Arts Exhibit Hall, Gonzaga Building, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyala Heights, Quezon City. Shows at 2 p.m. every Saturdays and at 7 p.m. every Wednesdays and Saturdays. For tickets or for more information, call 426-6001 or visit http://www.tanghalangateneo.org/.


REPERTORY PHILIPPINES

STRIPPING HAMLET. William Shakespeare's immortal story of love, murder, and revenge, but without frilly costumes, lavish sets, and flowery speeches. Nothing but a post-apocalyptic wasteland inhabited by fierce warriors struggling desperately to survive. Stripping Hamlet will run until Sunday, 17 February 2008. Shows at 8 p.m. every Fridays and Sundays and at 3:30 p.m. every Saturdays and Sundays at the Rep's Globe Theater Onstage, Second Floor, Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Paseo de Roxas cor Legaspi Street, City of Makati. For tickets and for more information call 887-0710 or visit http://www.repertory-philippines.com/article.asp?articleid=16.

Click here to read Christine Joy De Sotto Castor's Faux Madness and The Complex World of Hamlet: A Review of Dulaang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas’s Hamlet: Redux.

Visit http://journalismandprintmedia.blogspot.com/2008/02/stripping-hamlet-preview.html to read Tim Yap's To Be or Nor To Be Ana Bitong.


PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION (PETA)

SKIN DEEP. Written by Vincent de Jesus and directed by Nor Domingo, Skin Deep is a story of seven ordinary persons and their frenzied search for beauty and happiness. Starring Isay Alvarez, Robert Seña, Bituin Escalante, and May Bayot-De Castro, the play will run until Sunday, 9 March 2008. Shows at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. every Friday and at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. every Saturdays and Sundays at the PETA-Phinma Theater, 5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, Quezon City. For tickets and for more information, call 725-6244 or visit http://www.petatheater.com/currentseason.html.