The Performance Laboratory Inc. (PerfLab) in partnership with the Women Playwrights’ International – Philippines, Teatrokon: West Visayas Theater Network, International Theatre Institute – International Playwright’s Forum, and the University of St. La Salle will hold the Kuris Theater International Festival and Workshops in Bacolod City on, February 17– 20.
The celebration is being held in February that was declared National Arts Month in Presidential Proclamation No. 683 dated January 28, 1991, a press release from PerfLab said.
The Kuris Theater International Festival and Workshops have become a creative and empowering nest in encouraging theater awareness, collaboration and strengthening network through workshops, symposia/conferences, performances and play festivals.
Throughout the years, Kuris has gathered and nurtured a strong network of playwrights and theater organizers who produced an array of new works, it said.
PerfLab through Kuris will conduct the festival through online platforms and intimate live performances, with the belief that in these trying times, theatre is integral to personal and collective healing as it is a powerful tool in preserving human connection, raising social and cultural awareness, encouraging art appreciation and providing creative release, PerfLab said.
Tanya Lopez, festival director and one of the founding members of the festival, said that this year’s theme “Theater Above Borders” or TAB represents a space for continuous growth, development and collaboration amongst its audiences and participants.
The 8th Kuris Theater Festival will feature performances of university-based and community–based theater groups, online lectures and staged rReadings featuring works of renowned international playwrights in partnership with the International Playwrights Forum of the International Theatre Institute, A Readathon and Workshop for Emerging Women Playwrights in collaboration with the Women Playwrights International, Theatre Workshops, and Online Streaming, she said.
For more information, those interested may contact Noel Pahayupan of PerfLab by phone at 0945-966-8095 or e-mail at theperformancelaboratory.inc@gmail.com, the press release said.*