El Filibusterismo: A play presented by Torn Ticket

Watching filipino plays has been an annual thing for high school students at my school for quite some time now. It is always held at Cinema 8 of SM North Edsa, and has been seen in more ways than one as a mini-field trip, so it sure sparks up excitement.

Being held at a mall, the oporunity is taken adavntage of. Students pss permission letters to our school office early on saying that they have been permitted to stay afterwards and buy something or whatever excuse they use in the book.As seniors right now, this is a very good chance for a photo opportunity.

Tata Selo, Huli and Tano: scene from the play

Since the theatre company holding it this year (on September 3, 2011, Saturday) was different from the past three years (before: Villa Teatro now: Torn Ticket), we really had no idea what to expect. We just did our best to come early for good seats. Commonly, one or two people cast in the play or part of the crew are local actors or actresses with known names in the industry of "showbizz". This year, the lead role, Simoun, was played by Jao Mapa and the whole presentation was directed by Nino Muhlach.

The play was started with the national anthem and this dramatic way it was waved on the stage and it ended with a picture=perfect momnet with the flags of the Philippines and of the Katipunan (KKK). Props were amazing as well, and there was a funny bit where all the actors moved in slow motion that was surprisingly entertaining.

Photo-Opp while waiting in line :)

Overall, the play was a success to us, even though we had to wake up extra early on a Saturday and the lining up befor entering, as usual, took aroung an hour because it still gave us a good time. They even had blood and gunshot effects, plus an explosion and a jumping-out-of-a-window-stunt that was kind of funny and unexpected... talk about keekping the audience of short-attention-spans awake. :) Not to mention the number of characters the brought about crushes... even some of the teachers agree. hahaha... Too bad this was our last time, but who know? Maybe there'll be a next time where we'll personally look for a way to but tickets ourselves just for the sake of old times.