WPFF 2016 Schedules and Categories

*Table schedules are courtesy of Cinemabravo while the photos of competition categories are from the press release

Art + Science = Love/Sick at the Mind Museum

Upstart’s newest offering, Love/Sick by John Cariani, combines both art and science— much like The Mind Museum, where the show will be mounted.

The play, which the Huffington Post calls “a great date night idea,” is a series of short, bittersweet romantic plays that explore the psychology of love and relationships. So when searching for a venue partner, show director and cast member Joel Trinidad wanted an institution that appreciated not just the artistry of the piece, but the science behind it. “The show engages both the heart and the mind,” he declares. “So the Mind Museum was a perfect fit.”

Love/Sick, which opens at 8:00 pm on August 5, will feature multi-awarded pop icon Rachel Alejandro, and will be the first theatrical production mounted at the highly regarded museum, a place known for its dedication to science and the creative arts. Trinidad and Alejandro will be co-producing the show, along with some other partners from the world of theater (who will also appear in the production). “The more we learned about the Mind Museum, its philosophy and vision, the more excited we were to partner with them,’” Alejandro enthuses. “We were very fortunate that they shared our vision.”

The Mind Museum presents John Cariani’s Love/Sick, directed by Joel Trinidad. 8:00 pm on August 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, and 20 at the Mind Museum Auditorium, J.Y. Campos Park, 3rd Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. Tickets at P500 each. For ticket and show buying information, contact Upstart Productions at 09178116516 or upstarttickets@gmail.com. Love/Sick is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

*Text and photos from the PR Team

Auditions for Khavn De La Cruz' 35mm Experimental Feature

Casting Call for an Experimental Feature film to be shot on 35mm.
Filming will be in the month of July. There will also be rehearsals before the actual shooting days.

Auditions will be on Saturday, June 18th, at 23 Kamias Road, Quezon City.

Open to all actors, male and female, from 15 years old and above to fill up various roles.

For details contact Anthony Arriesgado Cinco 0927 374 9484
See you there.

Ibon, Nakipagmabutihan sa Istatwa sa Happy P.

          

            “Well, bawat artist siguro…spectator would have a different interpretation of performance,” said J. Victor Villareal, one of the performance’s “machinators”. Happy P was heavily based on Oscar Wilde’s children story The Happy Prince that was first published in 1988. “Machinator” is a term used by the performing group to refer to. “Ang nakikita kong purpose ng play is to show the end of a cycle. The entire experience that you’re watching…yung happy prince na who’s lived a life of innocence na akala niya alam what is happy or alam na niya na yun na ang buhay.”

            Described in the group’s advertisement as “an homage to Oscar Wilde, Batibot, poverty porn, and other faggotries deeply embedded in Pinoy pop culture”, it delivered what it promised. The performance was part of the Karnabal Festival 2016, a gathering of independent contemporary performance-makers in the Philippines which are also curated by the artists themselves. Prior to the performance, there was a game of Shaggedy Shapopo, a “follow the leader” type of activity where actions are repeated down the line. Ian lomongo, a festival participant, sang songs while playing his guitar by the wall while Wenah Nagales, another Kolab Co. machinator, gave free hugs for people who wrote down their names and contact details. 

            The performance started with Kath Castillo’s storytelling, which started from the swallow’s (Yvonne played by Bong Cabrera) hopeless love affair with the reed which led him to the city where the statue of the prince has just been erected. Castillo played multiple characters which the prince felt pity for. Her characters spouted a bevy of infamous lines harvested from different literary and visual genres like her character of the little boy who recited the lines “Alms, alms, alms, spare me a piece of bread” from the overrated declamation piece Vengeance is not Ours, It is God’s. In this narrative, the seamstress from the story was not a seamstress anymore but a victim of human rights violation. To take away the heaviness of the scene, her character recited the infamous line “My brother is not a pig” from the film The Flor Contemplacion Story.

            On the other hand, Yvonne broke the fourth wall a couple of times such as when he lit his cigarette and jokingly asked an audience member to “shotgun with him”. Tara Cabaero played the role of the prince, which would physically remind one of a Madame Tussaud attraction fused with one of Papet Museo’s (the performance venue) puppets. Cabrera confirmed that he did his own make-up which was very similar to Nina’s from the 2010 Aronofsky film Black Swan. His monologues consisted of 100 song titles and a few song lyrics

“The kind of performance that were seeing is like his [the prince] purgatory. It’s his chance to redeem himself dun sa mga hindi niya nagawa nung buhay pa siya,” added Villareal.

            Karnabal Festival adopts a “blank ticketed” admission. This means the audience members get to determine what they think the performance is worth. The festival opened last June 1 and runs until June 12. For more information, you may visit their official website at www.karnabalfestival.com or contact 09175064517 and 09178683712. You may also email them at karnabalfestival@gmail.com.

Karnabal Festival 2016, Sa Kamay ng Manonood ang Desisyon Kung Magkano

A curated festival, KARNABAL bares works on the edge, in between the lines, dynamic, bold, liminal, death- and depth-defying; and explores new modes of creating. It serves as an avenue for artists to freely test new works or develop existing ones, as well as share and generate a new breed of audiences for the Philippine arts scene.

BLANK-TICKETED ang performances. The audience determines what they think they SHOULD PAY for the performances. You can visit http://karnabalfestival.com for more information.
Here are the remaining shows:

The Claudia Show

June 11 (9:00-9:20pm) @ TOMATO KICK MORATO

Claudia Enriquez

TBH, it’s just a show about a musically frustrated little b*tch. FML. HYFR [hellyeahf*ckinright]!

Relationship Anatomy

June 11 (1:00-1:45pm) (2:00-3:30pm) @ CURIOSITY

Isabelle Martinez

Relationship Anatomy is your chance to bring out the love expert in you.

Appropriate Kissing for All Occasions

June 11 (4:30-5:00pm) @ CURIOSITY

Isabelle Martinez

Finally, after waiting what feels like your whole miserable life for help, we have for you a LECTURE on HOW TO KISS.

31 Times Adulthood Got Too Real

June 10 (4:00-4:45pm) @ BLACKSOUP CAFE+ARTSPACE
June 11 (8:00-8:45pm) @ TOMATO KICK MORATO

Isabelle Martinez

You Know You’re A 90s Kid If Your Life Is Garbage

Mousetrap: Anti-Hamlet

June 10 & 11 (7:00-8:30pm) @ Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio TEATRO PAPET MUSEO (Ramos Theater)

Christopher Aronson, Guelan Luarca & Ness Roque-Lumbres

“The play’s the thing wherein [we’ll] catch the conscience of the king.” – Hamlet (2.ii.633-34)

Hear, Here!

June 10 & 11 (4:00-5:45pm) @ Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio TEATRO PAPET MUSEO (3rd Level)

The Scenius Pro

Hanap Buhay

June 11 (1:00-2:00pm, 7:30-8:30pm) @ Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio TEATRO PAPET MUSEO (3rd Level)

Mapua Tekno Teatro

Builders building life

Café Bayani

June 10 (11:30am-12:30pm) & June 11 (2:30-3:30pm) @ Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio TEATRO PAPET MUSEO (Ramos Theater)

Storyboard Junkies

Libreng kape para sa mga mandirigma, may ipinaglaban at matatapang. Tuloy po kayo.

Love and Other Apps

June 10 (11:30am-12:30pm) & June 11 (2:30-3:30pm) @ Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio TEATRO PAPET MUSEO (Ramos Theater)

Storyboard Junkies

Is love downloadable? From the team that brought you Ampalaya Monologues comes a new episodic play about technological romances and digital heartbreaks.

What I Will Do To Win Foreignoy

June 11 (9:30-10:15pm) @ TOMATO KICK MORATO

David Finnigan (AUS), feat. Ness Roque-Lumbres, Clyde Enriquez, Adrienne Vergara, Alison Segarra, JK Anicoche

How Can I Miss You?

June 12 (4:00-5:00pm) @ Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio TEATRO PAPET MUSEO (Ramos Theater)

Ea Torrado & Nikki Kennedy (AUS)

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June 10 (9-9:40pm) & June 12 (5:30-6:10pm) @ Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio TEATRO PAPET MUSEO (Ramos Theater)

Issa Lopez

We’re Going To Tell You A Secret

June 12 (2:30-3:30pm) @ Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio TEATRO PAPET MUSEO (3rd level)

Coney, Tassos Stevens (UK)