Repertory Philippines, the premier producer of thought-provoking and entertaining straight plays and musicals, is launching its Theater...
Repertory
Philippines, the premier producer of thought-provoking and entertaining
straight plays and musicals, is launching its Theater for Young Audiences
program for 2016, with child-friendly performances of Hansel and Gretel.
“Our children’s
musicals are some of our most popular plays, and we enjoy staging performances
for them,” shares Repertory’s artistic director Joy Virata. “The stage is a
wonderful place for children to immerse themselves in with fantastic stories
and wonderful characters.”
From August 13
to December 15, 2016, Repertory will stage Hansel
and Gretel, adapted from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, and adapted into
opera by German composer Engelbert Humperdinck. The story follows two hungry
children sent to the woods by their mother to find strawberries, and are lured
into a gingerbread house owned by a wicked witch. It’s a story that many of us
grew up with, and with the adaptation and direction by Joy Virata, she promises
to transform the fantastic tale for a new generation to enjoy.
Bituin
Escalante, Carla Guevara Laforteza, Ring Antonio, and Christine Flores will
alternately play the witch, while Cara Barredo, Sweet Buchanan, and Christine
Flores will alternately play the Dawn Fairy. The Hansel role will be divided
between Joshua Nubla, Allen Orolfo, Mari Yapjoco, Tori Cortez and Nathan
Flores, while Gretel will be portrayed by Ella Gonzalez, Ashlee Factor,
Michelle Cornejo, and Rayne Cortez.
Other roles are
the mother, essayed by Natalie Everett, Ayam Eckstein, and Buchanan; the father
will be portrayed by Arnel Carrion, Hans Eckstein, Raymund Concepcion, and Raul
Montesa; and the Sandman will be portrayed
by Chino Veguillas, Vien Alen King, and Edu Briones.
Repertory’s
Theater for Young Audineces, (RTYA) began in 1992 when Virata noticed that
children would wait in the lobby for their parents to finish watching a play.
She decided to create a show for them, and debuted with a short and simple
version of Sleeping Beauty. It went
on to become the biggest box office hit in Repertory history.
Since then, the
company has produced children’s theater every year, in line with its mission of
producing live theater that is excellent, resilient, and entertaining. Most
importantly, it aims to make theater more accessible to Filipino audiences,
especially children.
“We want
children to grow up with the appreciation that theater can be delightful,” ends
Virata. “Compared to films, stage plays have a sense of immediacy and intimacy
that will draw the viewer in and make them part of the story. This would create
an enjoyable experience for imaginative kids.”
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partner, “Hansel and Gretel” will open on August 13 and will run until December
15 at the Onstage Theater in Greenbelt 1, Paseo de Roxas cor. Legazpi St.,
Makati City. For tickets, reservations and showbuying, call Repertory
Philippines at 843-3570 or TicketWorld at 891-9999. For more information log on
to www.repertoryphilippines.phor visit Rep’s Facebook page.
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