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| Tanghalang Pilipino President Max Makowski |
Tanghalang Pilipino, the resident drama company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines
presented its new president, Max Makowski, during a recent press conference
held at the La Régalade French Bistro. And since Christmas was just around the
corner, the event also served as a way for the company to give thanks to the
people who were instrumental in promoting their projects during their milestone
25th Season. Among those who were present during the lunch were TP
Artistic Director Fernando “Nanding” Josef, Executive Director Leslie Noble,
and the Members of the Board of Trustess headed by Chairman Antonio “Tony Boy”
Cojuangco. Of course, Board Member Tessa Prieto-Valdes, stood out from the rest
of the crowd with her signature, unconventional and colorful ensemble.
As
expected whenever the year ends, past events were recalled and Nanding Josef
mused about the company’s previous productions for this silver season: Noli Me
Tangere, The Musical, Tatlong Tabing, A Tony Perez Retrospective and Pinocchio,
Gusto Mo Ba Maging Tao? I noticed that there had been some changes to the
season lineup compared to the one that they’ve presented when they’ve launched
this season some months ago. One of the scheduled musicals for this season,
D’Emperor got moved and will be part of the 26th season instead. I’m
not sure what happened to Larawan though. After mulling over the past, he then
introduced someone who will be a huge part of Tanghalang Pilipino’s future and
he was no other than Max Makowski, TP’s new president.
Makowski
kept his speech brief pointing out that he will have more to say once he has
some credits under his belt. But he did say that while he is not a Filipino, he
is a father of a Filipino and that he is rather a citizen of the arts. Afterwards,
I’ve had a brief chat with him wherein I confirmed if he was indeed the
director that was once attached to the live action adaptation of Voltron. He
was rather embarrassed to admit that he was that same guy and was quite
surprised that I managed to dig that up.
The
event was capped by more messages from Antonio “Tony Boy" Cojuangco and Tessa
Prieto-Valdes who are staunch supporters of the arts particularly theater.
Cojuangco noted how theater is the starting point for many who are now acting
in the other forms of media like in television and in film. And Tessa
introduced the fashion designers from SLIMS who will be making the costumes for
D’Emperor while reiterating that people
should not expect her to be acting on stage in the future. She jokingly said
that she won a singing competition based on votes not on ability so an acting
role in one of Tanghalang Pilipino’s future productions is very unlikely.
Eyeball: New Visions
in Philippine Theater caps Tanghalang Pilipino’s 25th Season
Set B
January 20, 2012 8:00 PM
Tanghalang
Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)
CCP
Complex
Tanghalang
Pilipino will be staging Eyeball: New Visions in Philippine Theater as they
close their landmark 25th Season. Eyeball will be comprised of four
plays from the Virgin Labfest presented as two sets of twin-bills. It’s worth
noting that I was only able to watch my first VLF, the yearly
festival of new works for the theater, just this year. I’ve also read the
Virgin Labfest Anthology which acquainted me with previously staged plays but
only making me more curious regarding the festival’s previous years. So I think
that Eyeball is a great opportunity for me to catch up with what I’ve missed
before.
Set
A will include Bakit Wala Nang Nagtatagpo sa Philcoa Oberpas, written by Carlo
Pacolo Garcia and to be directed by Riki Benedicto. TP Actors Company members
Jonathan Tadioan, Jelson Bay
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| TP Actors Company |
The
TP Actors Company presented an excerpt of Bakit Wala Nang Nagtatagpo sa Philcoa
Oberpas which was a riot and it gave more idea of what to expect from Eyeball.
But there are significant changes with Eyeball if compared to VLF. First of all, this will
be staged at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater) instead of
the usual VLF venue which is the Tanghalang Huseng Batute (CCP Studio Theater).
And there’s also the set design by Eric Cruz, Katsch Catoy for the lighting
design and TJ Ramos for the soundscape which means that this Eyeball has taken
four VLF plays several notches higher.
Ticket
price:
P600
50%
student discount
20%
senior citizen discount
For
inquiries:
Tanghalang
Pilipino 832-3661, (0920) 953-5381, (0928) 551-8645
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