How many questions does it take to change someone’s mind? In a production by the Theatre Titas running until May 28, it looks like Twenty Questions is all you need.
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A Tale of Two
Theater Titas
September 18, 2018
By Jojo G. Silvestre
They share the same name. Or almost. She is Chesie. He is Cheese. Beyond this “happy accident,” as Cheese puts it, they both love theater.
Theirs started as a teacher-student relationship. Chesie Galvez-Carino teaches Theater Arts at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) and Chesie Mendez was “one of my best students,” she says.
Macbeth from Three Perspectives
November 23, 2019
By Jojo G. Silvestre
If its run is not extended, this is your last weekend to watch Macbeth, presented by Theater Titas at the Power Mac Center in Ayala Malls Circuit. I do hope, though, that more theater and literature enthusiasts, especially Shakespeare fans, get to see it for all kinds of reasons, including its relevance to our country and how the body politic has emerged in the recent years.
Theater Tita’s Macbeth: Sound and fury signifying everything
November 30, 2019
By Geraldine Orense Tan
From the moment I walked in the joint, I almost thought I was in the wrong place: Several black-clad actresses portraying witches were flitting, frolicking, and at times, frightening the audience. In fact, most of the cast were later revealed to be clad in black, in costumes by Jorge Lafradez, save for some effective accents / accessories on a few. This is not your mother’s Shakespeare.
Tartan Black & Blue: A Review of Theater Titas’ Macbeth
November 10, 2019
By Philip Cu-Unjieng
Macbeth is one the most well-known of Shakespeare’s plays; studied by rote at schools, translated and performed by almost every theater company all over the world. So naturally, any production of the play has to manage expectations and the audience’s preconceived notions of what the play should look like. It takes some theater courage then to stage the Scottish play, and pull surprises out of the proverbial hat (or in this case, crown).
‘Twenty Questions’ probes the idea of intimacy through conversation
November 24, 2023
By NoliSoli
It takes a lot of care, courage, and insight to (re)tell a story that has been told, posted, passed around, and staged numerous times over two decades. To be able to do so in a way that makes it feel as relatable as it was when it was first staged is a mark, for this writer at least, of both a timeless story and an inspired storyteller.
I think such is the case in Theatre Titas’ 20th anniversary staging of Juan Ekis’ “Twenty Questions.”
TWENTY QUESTIONS, 20 Years Later
May 25, 2023
By BroadwayWorld Philippines
If you were to stage a 20-year-old two-hander post-pandemic, it’d be a smart move to update its directorial decisions and the script’s words and dialogues, especially with the play’s themes about young love, pre-marital sex, and peer pressure meant to resonate, at the least, with the Gen Zers today.
That’s the proposition on which Theatre Titas’ 20th-anniversary production of Juan Ekis’ “Twenty Questions” is built upon. The late ‘90s youth speak “aber” or “kokote” in the original script, for its obsolescence, made the cutting floor so that today’s slang words “naol” or “yarn,” for instance, could make this iteration sound up-to-date or still “cool.”
'Twenty Questions' brings audiences an intimate theater experience
May 17, 2023
By GMA Lifestyle
This new staging of ‘Twenty Questions’ updates the play for a new generation.
WATCH: Shakespeare’s Macbeth defies expectations
December 1, 2019
By ANC Cityscape
Shakespeare’s chilling tale of political ambition “Macbeth” opened in Manila a few weeks ago. Here’s a look at how a theatrical company plan to entice Filipino audiences to watch their iteration of this timeless classic.
‘Twenty Questions’ Play by Juan Ekis Coming on Stage This May
February 02, 2023
By Theaterfansmanila.com
Theatre Titas is set to stage a modern version of Juan Ekis’ Twenty Questions, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year.
Penned in 2003, the play finds college friends Jigs and Yumi locked in a hotel room for 24 hours as part of an annual barkada tradition. To pass the time, they partake in a game of twenty questions, which forces them to open up to each other and talk about their views on love, life, and sex.
Theater review: 'Twenty Questions' has timeless appeal
May 15, 2023
By ABS-CBN News
Jigs (Diego Aranda) and Yumi (Isabelle Prado) were members of one gang of friends. They had a yearly tradition to lock one boy and one girl, supposedly randomly picked, to spend 24 hours together in one hotel room. So far, those who had been locked together before all went on to have successful romantic lives as couples. At the start, Jigs and Yumi were determined to be the first couple not to end up together when they get out of the room.
As an ice breaker, Jigs suggested that they play a game of “Twenty Questions” to be able to get to know each other better. Each one gets to ask any question on any topic about the other one. They would go alternatingly one after the other. One cannot ask the same question once it had been asked of him already. The questions started off easy, but each subsequent question got more and more uncomfortable to answer, even with the wine.
‘Twenty Questions’ Play by Juan Ekis Coming on Stage This May
February 02, 2023
By Theaterfansmanila.com
Theatre Titas is set to stage a modern version of Juan Ekis’ Twenty Questions, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year.
Penned in 2003, the play finds college friends Jigs and Yumi locked in a hotel room for 24 hours as part of an annual barkada tradition. To pass the time, they partake in a game of twenty questions, which forces them to open up to each other and talk about their views on love, life, and sex.
Tartan Black & Blue: A Review of Theater Titas’ Macbeth
November 10, 2019
By Philip Cu-Unjieng
Macbeth is one the most well-known of Shakespeare’s plays; studied by rote at schools, translated and performed by almost every theater company all over the world. So naturally, any production of the play has to manage expectations and the audience’s preconceived notions of what the play should look like. It takes some theater courage then to stage the Scottish play, and pull surprises out of the proverbial hat (or in this case, crown).
WATCH: Shakespeare’s Macbeth defies expectations
December 1, 2019
By ANC Cityscape
Shakespeare’s chilling tale of political ambition “Macbeth” opened in Manila a few weeks ago. Here’s a look at how a theatrical company plan to entice Filipino audiences to watch their iteration of this timeless classic.
Macbeth from Three Perspectives
November 23, 2019
By Jojo G. Silvestre
If its run is not extended, this is your last weekend to watch Macbeth, presented by Theater Titas at the Power Mac Center in Ayala Malls Circuit. I do hope, though, that more theater and literature enthusiasts, especially Shakespeare fans, get to see it for all kinds of reasons, including its relevance to our country and how the body politic has emerged in the recent years.
Tartan Black & Blue: A Review of Theater Titas’ Macbeth
November 10, 2019
By Philip Cu-Unjieng
Macbeth is one the most well-known of Shakespeare’s plays; studied by rote at schools, translated and performed by almost every theater company all over the world. So naturally, any production of the play has to manage expectations and the audience’s preconceived notions of what the play should look like. It takes some theater courage then to stage the Scottish play, and pull surprises out of the proverbial hat (or in this case, crown).
A Tale of Two
Theater Titas
September 18, 2018
By Jojo G. Silvestre
They share the same name. Or almost. She is Chesie. He is Cheese. Beyond this “happy accident,” as Cheese puts it, they both love theater.
Theirs started as a teacher-student relationship. Chesie Galvez-Carino teaches Theater Arts at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) and Chesie Mendez was “one of my best students,” she says.
Macbeth from Three Perspectives
November 23, 2019
By Jojo G. Silvestre
If its run is not extended, this is your last weekend to watch Macbeth, presented by Theater Titas at the Power Mac Center in Ayala Malls Circuit. I do hope, though, that more theater and literature enthusiasts, especially Shakespeare fans, get to see it for all kinds of reasons, including its relevance to our country and how the body politic has emerged in the recent years.
Theater Tita’s Macbeth: Sound and fury signifying everything
November 30, 2019
By Geraldine Orense Tan
From the moment I walked in the joint, I almost thought I was in the wrong place: Several black-clad actresses portraying witches were flitting, frolicking, and at times, frightening the audience. In fact, most of the cast were later revealed to be clad in black, in costumes by Jorge Lafradez, save for some effective accents / accessories on a few. This is not your mother’s Shakespeare.
Tartan Black & Blue: A Review of Theater Titas’ Macbeth
November 10, 2019
By Philip Cu-Unjieng
Macbeth is one the most well-known of Shakespeare’s plays; studied by rote at schools, translated and performed by almost every theater company all over the world. So naturally, any production of the play has to manage expectations and the audience’s preconceived notions of what the play should look like. It takes some theater courage then to stage the Scottish play, and pull surprises out of the proverbial hat (or in this case, crown).
WATCH: Shakespeare’s Macbeth defies expectations
December 1, 2019
By ANC Cityscape
Shakespeare’s chilling tale of political ambition “Macbeth” opened in Manila a few weeks ago. Here’s a look at how a theatrical company plan to entice Filipino audiences to watch their iteration of this timeless classic.
‘Twenty Questions’ Play by Juan Ekis Coming on Stage This May
February 02, 2023
By Theaterfansmanila.com
Theatre Titas is set to stage a modern version of Juan Ekis’ Twenty Questions, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year.
Penned in 2003, the play finds college friends Jigs and Yumi locked in a hotel room for 24 hours as part of an annual barkada tradition. To pass the time, they partake in a game of twenty questions, which forces them to open up to each other and talk about their views on love, life, and sex.