by Ace Miel | May 30, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
“Sana there will be some who will develop their own Filipino movements using our history and our culture.” National Artist for Dance Agnes Locsin is full of hope that her neo-ethnic dance will provide dancers with impetus and an opportunity to begin their artistic...
by Ace Miel | May 28, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
If you missed last year’s theater festival or want to re-watch some of your favorite VLF plays, the Virgin Labfest 19: PINTOG revisits three of its featured works: Andrew Estacio’s ANG AWIT NG DALAGANG MARMOL, Dingdong Novenario’s DOMINADOR GONZALES: NATIONAL ARTIST,...
by Ace Miel | May 21, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
VLF 19: PINTOG Set B, composed of Herlyn Alegre’s SENTENARYO, Dip Mariposque’s DIVINE FAMILY and Jhudiel Clare Sosa’s IDENTITÉ, confronts confounding family expectations. Dubbed BINGIT, this set will have audiences at the edge of their seats with its storytelling and...
by Ace Miel | May 16, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
Challenge your beliefs on religion, sexuality, and marriage in Set D of Virgin Labfest 19: PINTOG, the theater festival of untried, untested, and unstaged one-act plays, slated on June 12 to 30, 2024, at the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (CCP Blackbox Theater)....
by Ace Miel | May 14, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
Three virgin playwrights undermine the intentions of decisions made, and reflect on how each arrives at choices in Virgin Labfest (VLF) 19: PINTOG. SET A. Dilemma, presents Hans Pieter Arao’s VENGEANCE OF THE GODS, Rick Patriarca’s LOVE ON THE BRAIN, and Lino...