Kultura stages Oscar Wilde’s

The Importance of Being Earnest
&
Ang Kahalagahan ng Pagiging Seryo

On the heels of its successful staging of Yazmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning play Art, Kultura presents another ground-breaking theatrical experience: a double production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. The original play in English will be presented alongside a new Filipino “transplantation” of the same play, entitled Ang Kahalagahan ng Pagiging Seryo. “Earnest” will have a 10-show run from Feb. 10 to 17, while “Seryo” will have a 10-show run from Feb. 21 to 28. Both plays are co-presented by JVC Everio Hard Disk Camcorder G Series.

Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” The Importance of Being Earnest is Wilde’s most popular and successful work. It became an instant hit when it opened in London in 1895, and went to be generally acknowledged as one of the greatest comedies of all time. The play tells the story of two wealthy young gentlemen who escape responsibility whenever possible. Both masquerading under the name of “Ernest” (or “Sergio” in the Filipino version), they manage to win the love of their respective sweethearts, who both claim they could only love a man with that particular name. As expected, chaos breaks out when the truth is revealed, and the characters become entangled in a series of uproarious mistaken identities.

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Tags: Kultura, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, Ang Kahalagahan ng Pagiging Seryo

I haven’t been able to get online for quite a while, so this is a bit delayed. As of this post, two of the shows are already over. Anyway, here I go…

Be one of the first to watch CLYTEMNESTRA, Kultura’s 10th year season-ender and, incidentally, also its 10th major theatrical production. The first show will be this Saturday, February 26, at 8 p.m., Dizon Auditorium, UA&P.

Written in Filipino by UA&P alumnus and Palanca award winner Christian R. Vallez, and directed by Tinette Villanueva, CLYTEMNESTRA is a retelling of Aeschylus “Oresteia.” Set after the Trojan War, the play recounts how Clytemnestra murdered the victorious Agamemnon as he arrives home and how Orestes, their son, murders Clytemnestra to avenge his father.

We’ve had shows on the 26th of February, and earlier this evening. Upcoming shows will be at 8:00 PM on the 3rd, 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of March at the Celestino Dizon Auditorium in the University of Asia & the Pacific. Please check the poster or scroll down for more details.

CAST:
Frankie Pascua, RJ Torres, Carlo Jimenez, JR Magboo, Jose Miciano, Alessa de Rivera, Elaine Tan, Shara Jacinto, Eds Agapito, Wanwan Rapisora, Angel Santos, Tricia Fermin, Powie Espineli, Katt Manso, JJ Rimando, Jardy Adolfo, John Montoya, Roni Balbieran

PLAYDATES:
February 26 (Sat.), March 1 (Tue.), March 3 (Thu.), March 5 (Sat.), March 9 (Wed.), March 10 (Thu.), March 11 (Fri.), March 12 (Sat.)

ALL SHOWS BEGIN AT 8:00 PM.

VENUE:
Celestino Dizon Auditorium
University of Asia and the Pacific
Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
* You may avail of FREE PARKING along Pearl Drive, or use UA&P’s pay parking lot along Escriva Drive (formerly Amber).

Free admission for UA&P students, faculty and staff. Tickets for non-UA&P guests are sold at Php 150 each.

For inquiries, please contact Ms. Marie Puyat at
637-0912 loc. 380, 0922-4959340, or
mpuyat@uap.edu.ph.