Posted on the 09 July 2012 by Gibbs22manila
Original Article can be found HERE
For its 45th Theater Season, PETA attempts to
interrogate the role of broadcast media in contemporary Philippine
society. PETA dedicates an entire year of examining the historical,
cultural, and aesthetic relationship between live performance and the
broadcast media and how both have affected and shaped modern-day society
and popular culture.
Through original plays as well as other related events. PETA invites its
audience on a journey that explores the “hybrid” multiplicity of the
arts. It brings together talents from the Philippine theater, film and
TV industries in two of its new plays: “Bona” and “D Wonder Twins of
Boac”.
“Bona”,
a classic film by National Artist and PETA founding member Lino Brocka,
will be adapted for theater and set in contemporary time, and will star
film and TV star Eugene Domingo (who also traces her roots to theater)
in the role played by Nora Aunor in the film version.
“D Wonder Twins of Boac”, meanwhile, is a Filipino musical adaptation of
William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”. Rody Vera's adaptation will be a
parody of how the Filipino film industry evolved in the '60s and '70s.
Another theater event, “TAKE 1”, inspired by Lino Brocka’s
actor-training practice, is a collaboration between theater and
television. Brocka always believed that the theater performance
experience was a necessary part of any film actor’s training background.
With this in mind, PETA designed has “TAKE 1” as a concert of scenes
that will draw from the best plays of world classics as well as Filipino
original works. For four nights, audiences will be delighted to witness
familiar scenes performed by different sets of actors from TV and
theater.
Apart from these two new plays, PETA opens its doors to a new generation
of filmmakers with a festival called “Cinemalaya Retrospective”,
featuring the best short and full-length films produced by the
Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival in the past five years.
Rounding up the season’s offerings, PETA’s hit musicals will have a
special re-run at the PETA Theater Center this year: “William” from July
27-29, “Batang Rizal” from August 3-12 and “Mga Kuwento ni Lola
Basyang” from October 5 to 14 this year.
PETA also hosts Agnes Locsin’s choreographed work “Puno”, Noel
Cabangon’s concert “Tuloy ang Byahe”, Vincent De Jesus’ “Himala (The
Concert)” and Storybook Theater for Education Project’s “Buklat”.
Ever since its founding years, PETA has been intrinsically linked to the
broadcast media arts. Founder Cecile Guidote Alvarez wrote: “Theater
does not solely refer to the legitimate stage, which has been a powerful
influence on human civilization for 2500 years. But also includes its
amazing 20th century offspring--film, radio, and television.” She
envisioned the presentation of “outstanding plays and masterpieces on
television and radio. Broadcast media could be a powerful social force
that would bring a quality cultural experience to millions of
Filipinos.”
PETA also seizes the opportunity of its 45th Theater Season to draw
attention to the community in which it reside--Quezon City. Considered
by many as the “City of Stars”, Quezon City is home to major TV
networks, movie producing companies and theater groups, cradling some of
most influential players in Philippine pop culture. The season hopes to
harness this power through its productions and related events, and in
so doing create an awareness of the vital role the arts play in the
formation of Filipino society and culture.
Catch BONA on its closing weekend!
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 / Saturday / 3 PM
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 / Saturday / 3 PM
at The PETA Theater Center
(No.5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, QC)Contact Us:
Robert Ceazar Marzan (0922.888.5348)
Jayme del Rosario (0927.202.2017)
or Onay Sales (0918.536.2116)
