Limelight

Vienna Boys Choir to wrap up Asian tour with one-night-only Manila show

The angelic sounds of the Christ­mas season are coming earlier than usual this year when the world-famous Vienna Boys Choir performs in a one-night-only con­cert, titled The Vienna Boys Choir Live in Manila, at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Plenary Hall in Pasay City on November 11 at 8 p.m.

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Stars, surf, story: Five reasons to watch ‘Apocalypse Child’

By Alvin I. Dacanay A little over a year after it debuted to great acclaim at the 3rd QCinema International Film Festival, Mario Cornejo and Monster Jimenez’s surfing drama Apocalypse Child is set to open in select cinemas nationwide on October 26.

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FDCP honors filmfest awardees, unveils travel-assistance program

The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) celebrated last week the historic victories scored by Filipino movies in international film festivals this year with an event that gathered the country’s top film talents and saw the formal announcement of a travel-assistance program for filmmakers whose works are picked to participate in such festivals.

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Chooks-to-Go picks ‘Bossing’ as new celebrity endorser

For many years now, comedian and television host Vic “Bossing” Sotto has served as the trusted champion of countless products, ranging from homecare items to local beverages. His charisma and character, both on- and off-camera, have made him, and the corporations behind the products he endorses, very credible among consumers.

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T(h)rash talk of the town

Talk about being the talk of the town. And to think it all began with a Facebook post. 

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Ibarra, Simoun leap from page to stage in BP’s twin ballets

To mark the 120th death anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal and the 125th anniversary of the publication of his El Filibusterismo (The Filibustering) this year, Ballet Philippines (BP) will remount its award-winning Crisostomo Ibarra and present Simoun for the first time at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) from Oct. 21 to 23. 

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‘Boy’ or girl: Gender, search for self explored in latest TA production

Tanghalang Ateneo (TA), the longest-running theater company of the Loyola Schools of the Ateneo de Manila University, opens its 38th season—which has “De/Constructing Narratives” as its theme—with award-winning American playwright Anna Ziegler’s thought-provoking Boy on Oct. 19.

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Peta performers to raise voices, spirits in ‘Koro Koro Boom!’

A rousing homage to the members of the ensemble as the unsung heroes of musical theater will be paid in Triple Threats: Koro Koro Boom! at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theater) of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 20. 

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Robin Padilla: Passionate patriot who calls anti-DU30 celebrities ‘bayad’

By Alvin I. Dacanay Ever since he attained stardom in the 1990s with such hit films as Bad Boy, Anak ni Baby Ama, and Maging Sino Ka Man, Robin Padilla has made a name for himself as one of the Philippine movie industry’s most mercurial rebels, both onscreen and off.

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UPLB theater group shows struggle of Philippine tribes in ‘Kasaray Duma’

Tabsing Kolektib, an independent theater guild founded by University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) alumni and students in 2012, is set to stage this week Kasaray Duma: Mga Supling ng Sigwa (Kasaray Duma: Children of the Storm), written by Eljay Castro Deldoc and directed by Prof. Jeremy dela Cruz, in celebration of October as National Indigenous Peoples Month.

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