Elehiya

29/06/2026

VLFXXI: HUBO’T HUBAD PLAYS TO BE REVISITED! 🎊

Congratulations to the three selected VLFXXI: Hubo’t Hubad plays that will return next year for another well-deserved run at VLF 22!

-Dustin Celestino’s ‘Elehiya’
-Gab Mactal’s ‘Lualhati’
-Floyd Scott Tiogangco’s ‘Patayin ang mga Surot’

Here’s to another chance to experience these remarkable plays. See you next year! 🎭

12/06/2026

“Twenty-one years in and this festival isn’t showing signs of age as it gives an avenue for more up-and-coming playwrights, directors, and actors crossing from screen to stage.”

Read more: https://theaterfansmanila.com/review-12-virgin-labfest-xxi-hubot-hubad-plays/

09/06/2026

For all of Virgin Labfest XXI's inconsistencies, these four plays offered compelling reminders why the festival remains indispensable.

08/06/2026

“Some plays move you. ‘Elehiya’ broke me.”

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ELEHIYA
by Dustin Celestino

The play is a collection of monologues. It is an impressionistic montage of the important conversations that should have taken place between sons and their fathers, but never did.

Direction: Ron Capinding
Set Design: Mark Lorenz
Costume Styling: Monica Sebial & Sam Quizon
Lighting Design: Roman Cruz & Martin Del Rosario
Sound Design: Joshua Cadeliñas
Video Design: Gabriel Carmelo
Poster Design: Janel Gutierrez Celestino
Stage Management: Sheña Claire Parnoncillon

Cast:
Yan Yuzon as Lalaki
John Sanchez as Ed
Dennis Marasigan as Gardo
Rafa Siguion-Reyna as Kulas
Carlos Siguion-Reyna as Nick

Showdates:
June 5 - 2pm & 8pm
June 10 - 8pm
June 11 - 2pm
June 17 - 2pm
June 21 - 8pm
June 27 - 8pm
June 28 - 2pm

Venue:
Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez
(CCP Black Box Theater)

Get your tickets here:
https://tinyurl.com/ElehiyaVLF01
https://tinyurl.com/ElehiyaVLF02

07/06/2026

07/06/2026

Rafa Siguion-Reyna cannot be thankful enough that for the first time, he is working with his dad, acclaimed director Carlitos Siguion-Reyna, this time as his co-actor onstage.

07/06/2026

This year’s edition of the Virgin Labfest is upon us, and the twenty-first VLF iteration is called “Hubo’t Hubad,” running from June 3 up to June 28. As...