by Ace Miel | Jun 14, 2024 | Press Release
After its successful second edition, the Virgin Labfest in Visayas returns with a new batch of fellows. Following careful deliberation, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) names the eight fellows who will undergo a two-week mentorship program on the study and...
by Ace Miel | Jun 7, 2024 | Press Release
A bigger, brighter, and bolder second season of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ National Theatre Live (CCP NTL) is set to delight its devoted Filipino audiences with a new lineup of world-class stage plays filmed live from Britain’s most exciting stages. After...
by Ace Miel | Jun 7, 2024 | Press Release
The Cultural Center of the Philippines extends the deadline for literary submissions to the 43rd edition of Ani, the official literary journal of CCP. The latest volume will feature multilingual literary works with the theme Zambales, preferably from writers who were...
by Ace Miel | Jun 5, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
Where do stories come from? And how do you start to tell the story? What do you do to transform these compelling stories from a mere idea and morph it into something? The Virgin Labfest Writing Fellowship Program (VLF WFP) provides a place for playwrights to learn and...
by Ace Miel | May 31, 2024 | Press Release
After its intensive deliberation, the Virgin Labfest (VLF) Writing Fellowship Program announces the eight fellows who will be joining the two-week training workshop slated on June 18 to 30, 2024. The budding playwrights are: 1. Andrei Michaela Corre 2. Lance Romulus...
by Ace Miel | May 31, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
Award-winning filmmaker Carlos Siguion-Reyna looks forward to revitalizing the country’s independent film industry as the new Competition and Monitoring Committee chairman. He assumed the position vacated by director Jose Javier Reyes, who is now serving as the new...
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 24, 2024 | Press Release
Increasing its efforts to advocate the fight against climate change and raise awareness on environmental issues, the Cultural Center of the Philippines makes headway toward becoming a Zero Theater. In the webinar series “Zero Theater: Climate Change and the Performing...
by Ace Miel | May 24, 2024 | Press Release
A Filipino animated short film based on a Maguindanao folktale has bagged awards from two international short film festivals. Created by Tuldok Animation Studios, the eight-minute short animated film won, “Best Animated Film” at the PENSACON Short Film Festival 2024,...
by Ace Miel | May 23, 2024 | Feature Article, Press Release
As the adage says, life is not always black or white. Sometimes, certain circumstances lead to gray areas where it’s difficult to judge what is right and what is wrong, what decision to make, and how the decision could affect the situation. Virgin Labfest 19 steps...
by Ace Miel | May 21, 2024 | Press Release
When it premiered at the New York City Opera in 1986, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X was hailed as groundbreaking work for its all-Black production team, its realistic retelling of recent history, and its depiction of a controversial figure in the civil rights...
