Matilda the Musical
GMG Productions presents the international touring production of Matilda the Musical from March 5 to 22 at the Theatre at Solaire. Based on the children’s book by Roald Dahl, the musical follows a telekinesis-gifted five-year-old girl who overcomes struggles in her family and in school. There will be special prices on selected show dates. On March 10, 8 p.m., the price across all orchestra seats will be P3,800, while the price across all balcony seats will be P1,800. On March 17, 8 p.m., and March 22, 6 p.m., all orchestra seats will be P4,000 and all balcony seats will go for P2,000. A matinee performance has been added on March 18, 2 p.m., with all tickets at P2,200. Tickets are available through TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 8891-9999).
Every Brilliant Thing
THE Sandbox Collective opens its 6th season with a rerun of Duncan MacMillan’s Every Brilliant Thing — about a little girl who makes a list of everything that makes life worth living — on March 6 to 22 at the Zobel de Ayala Recital Hall at the Maybank Performing Arts Theater, BGC, Taguig City. Directed by Jenny Jamora, the play, which features audience interaction, stars Teresa Herrera and Kakkie Teodoro who reprise and alternate in the solo female role. Tickets are available through TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 8891-9999) and The Sandbox Collective at (0956-200-4909, 0917-554-5560).
BM’s Carmina Burana and La Traviata
BALLET Manila closes its 24th performance season with a performance of Carmina Burana and La Traviata on March 7 and 8 at the Samsung Hall at SM Aura Premiere in BGC, Taguig City. Tickets are available through TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 8891-9999).
Poetry, music for Pete Lacaba
KAPE’T Ka Pete: Music & Poetry Night for Jose F. Lacaba, a fundraiser, will be held on March 7, 6 p.m. onwards at the Kamuning Bakery Café, Judge Jimenez St. corner K-1st St., Brgy. Kamuning, Quezon City. Proceeds will go to medicinal needs of the multi-awarded poet, editor, screenwriter, songwriter and journalist Jose “Pete” F. Lacaba. Donors are welcome to contribute more for his medical care. To inquire, confirm or offer support for this project, contact Wilson at 0917-848-1818 and 0918-807-7788, Vim 0995-131-9743, or kamuningbakery@gmail.com, or message the event’s Facebook page. Tickets are P250.
Transitio Manila 2020
TRANSITIO Manila 2020 commemorates the Battle of Manila and celebrates Carlos Celdran on March 8, 4:30 p.m. onwards, at the Baluarte de San Diego in Intramuros, Manila.
Overexposed Film Fair
THE WAREHOUSE Eight co-working and events space is partnering with Kamera Club for its first analog film photography fair on March 7, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., at Warehouse Eight, Makati. Twenty-four vendors will bring in analog cameras, film, leather accessories, original film prints and artworks. Overexposed is an open invitation of self-expression and offers a doorway into the post-digital community. Entrance is P150 (regular) and P100 (student).
Joseph the Dreamer
TRUMPETS returns with its longest running musical Joseph the Dreamer, starring Sam Concepcion in the title role. Written by Freddie Santos, the musical tells the Biblical story of Joseph and presents themes of love, forgiveness, and unwavering faith in God. It is directed by Paolo Valenciano with Myke Salomon as musical director. The show runs at the Maybank Theater, BGC Arts Center, Taguig until March 7. Tickets are available through TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 8891-9999).
Batang Mujahideen
TANGHALANG Pilipino presents Malou Jacob’s play Batang Mujahideen from Feb. 21 to March 7 at the Little Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The story follows a seven-year-old Yakan girl who witnessed the March 2000 Abu Sayyaf kidnapping of a priest, teachers, and students in Basilan. She goes on to take a vow of silence and joins the ranks of mujahideen, disguising herself as a boy. Tickets are available through TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 8891-9999).
Under My Skin
PETA closes its 52nd season with Under My Skin which is running until March 22. Written by Rody Vera and directed by Melvin Lee, it is an anthology of stories about Filipinos living with HIV. The play stars Cherry Pie Picache, Roselyn Perez, Eko Baquial, Miguel Almendras, Mike Liwag, Gio Gahol, Anthony Falcon, and Gold Villar-Lim. Tickets are available through TicketWorld (www.ticketworld.com.ph, 8891-9999).
Festival of Plays by Women
FESTIVAL of Plays by Women, a three-day event where women share their stories of empowerment through theater, dramatic readings and talks, will be held from on March 6 to 8. A flagship program of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Gender and Development Committee, in partnership with in partnership with Women Playwrights International-Philippines, there will be a forum in the morning, Reading of Women’s Plays in the afternoon, and featured performances in the evening. Meanwhile, the CCP Arthouse Cinema holds an Iranian Women’s Film Festival, focusing on the plight of Iranian women, which is ongoing until March 7. All screenings will be at the CCP’s Tanghalang Manuel Conde. Leila by Dariush Mehrjui (1997) will be screened today at 5 p.m. The film follows married couple Leila and Reza who find out that the wife is unable to conceive. Spurred by her mother-in-law’s insistence that he take a second wife who can bear children, Leila urges her husband to consider the idea. The festival culminates with Painting Pool by Maziar Miri (2013) on March 7, 5 p.m. It is the story of a mentally challenged couple whose son was born without any defects. As time passes, the son realizes just how different his parents are from others. The CCP Main Gallery presents a major retrospective exhibition, titled Allegories and Realities, Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi: In Retrospect, which runs until May 24. There will be guided tours of the exhibit on Thursdays, 2 p.m., and Saturdays, 2 p.m.
