Jul 16, 20214 minThrowback: Coloring inside the lines*by Katrina Stuart Santiago ➤ THE proposal that the exhibit Drawing The Lines (Lopez Museum) makes is as expected: that a look at the...
Aug 8, 20205 minLeaving the Loud Place: A Response to “Doggy”by Pristine de Leon ▶︎ Sharing breathing space with someone implies a thrilling intimacy that I miss in live theater. The nearness that...
Jul 22, 20207 minAn Impossible Way Through: On Daryl Pasion’s “Papaano Turuan ang Babae Humawak ng Baril”by Pristine L. de Leon ▶︎ That the home is a place that confines a woman is the meat of many feminist critiques, but I wonder what the...
May 16, 20209 minBypassing complicities in "Ang Huling El Bimbo"by Oscar Tantoco Serquiña ▶︎ The hype machine is on for "Ang Huling El Bimbo." Facebook and Twitter are drowning in the frenzy of many...
Feb 11, 20202 minDiamonds in Diapers: Kingmaker (2019)by Ace Balbarez ▶︎ The Kingmaker, a 2019 documentary film by the American Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield, presents a fair and safe...
Feb 4, 20202 minSila-Sila: Tackling the Gray in Queer Relationshipsby Jason Tan Liwag ▶︎ Sila-Sila (directed by Giancarlo Abrahan) is a post-break up love story between Gab (Gio Gahol) and Jared(Topper...
Jan 4, 20202 minCreated Equal: Airdance plays with gender roles in Opus Seriesby Joelle Jacinto ▶︎ Opus Series started with Brian Moreno’s The Masculine Drag. It begins like a photo shoot, with lights flashing...
Nov 22, 20194 min A look at tendernessBy Katrina Stuart Santiago ▶︎ In this time and place of suffering and want, that is made even more stark by an art scene primarily driven...
Oct 10, 20192 minTeatro Ambahanon: Brave and Braving Manilaby Joelle Jacinto ▶︎ I had first seen Jodel Cimagala’s Numb at a convention space in SM General Santos, not a conventional stage, and the...
Sep 20, 20193 minA Golden Mir-i-nisaby Joelle Jacinto ▶︎ Mir-i-nisa was premiered by Dance Theater Philippines as part of the inaugural year of the Cultural Center of the...
Aug 4, 20198 min"Wala Nang Bata Dito": A Monologue for Coming of Ageby Andrea N. Macalino ▶︎ When used to describe a theatrical production, the word “captivating” belies precarious implications. Even used...