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‘Anak Datu’ untangles web of memory, myth and history
Marco Viaña (center) essays the role of National Artist for the Visual Arts Abdulmari Imao, who wrote the story 'Anak Datu' with the hope that it would give us a glimpse of the Moro culture and promote the contemporary form of the Sarimanok. —PHOTO BY PAW CASTILLO FOR TANGHALANG PILIPINO
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September 18, 2022September 19, 2023Theater

‘Anak Datu’ untangles web of memory, myth and history

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Where does history end and myth begin? How does memory, individual and collective, influence and possibly correct the narration of a people’s history?   These questions are doubly important today, in an era when social media and other digital platforms tend to lump the critical verification of facts with unthinking chismis (gossip). Tanghalang Pilipino’s latest production,...

Live theater, digital interaction educate teens on drinking issue
From left: Carlos Dala, Gillian Vicencio, and Luis Reyes, guest artists for the Smashed Project Philippines —SMASHED PH PHOTO
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August 31, 2022September 19, 2023Education, Theater

Live theater, digital interaction educate teens on drinking issue

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Filipinos consume an average of seven liters of alcohol every year, according to the World Population Review.  While that might appear manageable to many, the Philippine College of Physicians recently presented numbers sufficient to give Filipino parents a nightmare: About 70% of students had their first taste of alcohol at age 14, and many of...