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‘Anak Datu’ preserves cultural memory through contradiction
Tanghalang Pilipino guest actor-choreographer Hash Magarang and TP Actors Company senior member Lhorvie Nuevo in Rody Vera's "Anak Datu." —PHOTO BY MAX CELADA
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October 6, 2022September 18, 2023Theater

‘Anak Datu’ preserves cultural memory through contradiction

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You really wouldn’t be able to tell based solely on its colorful, toy-themed promotional materials, but Tanghalang Pilipino’s “Anak Datu” is a work of proud defiance that speaks to today’s concerns of historical denialism in a direct, patient, and intelligent way.  The play, written by Rody Vera, tells several tales about Muslim Mindanao all at once—including that of the original short story by National Artist Abdulmari Imao; anecdotes about real-life tragedies...

‘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,...