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Papet Pasyon 2025 comes home to CCP
The Cultural Center of the Philippines and Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas present PAPET PASYON 2025, at the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez on April 6, 2025, for two performances at 2:30pm and 6pm. Written by National Artist for Theater Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio, Papet Pasyon...
Passion and drama blend in Puccini’s Tosca in CCP’s The Met: LIVE in HD at Glorietta 4 Cinema
Witness how the lives of a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist unfold in the cinematic screening of Giacomo Puccini's classic opera Tosca, the next installation of the CCP’s The Met: LIVE in HD Season 10 this April 8, at 5:30 p.m. at...
Must-watch movies about women as featured on the CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art
Filipino women, specifically those engaged in the arts, have been an unstoppable force since time immemorial. From female National Artists (i.e. Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Nora Aunor, Edith Tiempo, Salvacion Lim-Higgins, Francisca Reyes Aquino, Alice Reyes, Leonor Orosa...
CCP Brings Cinemalaya films for Women Deprived of Liberty (WDL) in Visayas
In celebration of the 2025 National Women’s Month, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) presents Lakbay Sine Para sa mga Inday, special online screenings of selected award-winning Cinemalaya films for Women Deprived of Liberty (WDL) in three jails in Iloilo...
Filipino pianist Rowena Arrieta returns for PPO Concert VI: Homecoming this March 14
Laureate pianist Rowena Arrieta makes a triumphant return to her homeland with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) for the highly anticipated sixth installment of its 40th concert season. Dubbed “Homecoming,” PPO Concert VI shares the warmth of home through...
“Merry Widow” — a delightful tale of tangled relationships, near misses, and jealous lovers
For its first season production, the Philippine Ballet Theatre presents "The Merry Widow"—a delightful tale brimming with tangled relationships, near misses, and jealous lovers. Originally premiered as an operetta by Franz Lehár in Vienna in 1905, "The Merry Widow"...
Cinemalaya 2025 Calls for Short Film Entries
Celebrating more than 20 years of championing Philippine independent filmmaking, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Cinemalaya Foundation Inc. open the screens for submission to the Short Film Category of the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film...
CCP National Theatre Live Presents the Best of Both Worlds in Comedy and Horror
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) brings together two well-loved plays that have been revived and adapted to different art forms through the ages, provocative comedy Present Laughter and gothic drama Frankenstein, live from the National Theatre in London to...
CCP Lights up its Iconic Building and Theater for Women’s Month
The Main Building and the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) will be bathed in vibrant purple this March to commemorate the National Women’s Month. Purple, the official color of Women’s Month, symbolizes justice, dignity, and...
The Realities of Modern Warfare Through a Woman’s Eyes
CCP The Met: LIVE in HD premieres Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded this March at Glorietta 4 Two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s new opera Grounded is set to premiere in the Philippines through CCP The Met: LIVE in HD on March 4, 5:30 pm, exclusively at...