In response to the crisis, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) theater festival Virgin Labfest is going fully digital. The festival, dubbed #Kapit, a Virtual Labfest: Lockdown Edition, will be taking place from Jun. 10 to 28.
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Recently, the virtual theater festival released the complete lineup of plays, staged readings and roundtable discussions that theater fans can look forward to seeing next month. #Kapit, a Virtual Labfest: Lockdown Edition features nine new works, three revisited plays and six new staged readings.
The festival will also be holding programs like “CoLab: Conversations with VLF Collaborators and Creators,” which are panel discussions featuring directors, designers, stage managers and prod managers.
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The plays featured on the lineup will have live premieres on CCP’s Facebook and Youtube pages on the first week of the festival, and will be uploaded on the last week of the festival. Programs such as CoLab and the playwrights’ fair will have special streamings on iWant TV after its premiere on CCP’s social media.
The writing fellowship program, meanwhile, will take place on Jun. 16 to 28. Details on ticketing and donations will be announced on CCP’s official social media accounts, and the VLF Facebook page.
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Writer: ANGELA PATRICIA SUACILLO
