Hinabing Pakpak by Anton Juan Opens Dulaang UP’s 33rd Season
In attendance during the gala performance of Hinabing Pakpak ng Ating mga Anak (Woven Wings of Our Children) by celebrated director and playwright Dr. Anton Juan, Jr. were former president of the University of the Philippines Jose Abueva, and National Artists F. Sionil Jose and Bienvenido Lumbera.
After welcoming the special guests, Dulaang UP’s Dr. Alexander Cortez admitted that his position as Artistic Director fills him with “enthusiasm and trepidation,” and lamented the loss of Dr. Anton Juan, Jr. to the University of Notre Dame du Lac in the USA as a Tenured Full Professor and Theatre Director.
Dr. Cortez also warned the audience of Anton’s “rather disturbing play,” but ruefully adds, “What is theatre without Anton’s disturbing images?” His tongue in cheek parting words to the eager audience were, “Enjoy the night. If you can.”
And, in true Anton Juan fashion, the mundane and even the ugly are altered into exquisite and poetic images that repel and fascinate, from the pillars of flesh that transform into an orgy accompanied by the music of animal-like human grunts, to the staccato rhythm of words being said while being sexually pummeled from behind, to the luminescent passing of angels embraced by a mother earth cum goddess.
Hinabing Pakpak Performance Schedule (Ticket Status as of 21 July 2008)
23 July 2008 (Wed) 7pm
24 July 2008 (Thu) 7pm
25 July 2008 (Fri) 7pm
26 July 2008 (Sat) 10am
26 July 2008 (Sat) 3pm SOLD OUT
27 July 2008 (Sun) 10am
27 July 2008 (Sun) 3pm SOLD OUT
06 Aug 2008 (Wed) 7pm
07 Aug 2008 (Thu) 7pm
08 Aug 2008 (Fri) 7pm
09 Aug 2008 (Sat) 10am SOLD OUT
09 Aug 2008 (Sat) 3pm
10 Aug 2008 (Sun) 10am SOLD OUT
10 Aug 2008 (Sun) 3pm SOLD OUT
I’m giving away two tickets: Win FREE Tickets to Hinabing Pakpak by Anton Juan
Tickets at Php 250 each on a first come first served seating basis are available at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater before the shows or at the Dulaang UP office located at the Palma Hall Room 136 in the UP Diliman Campus Quezon City. Please call 926.1349 for further details or visit the Dulaang UP website. FYI, reservations are not accepted.
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