Nikki Francisco

REVIEW: ‘On Your Feet’ keeps it moving On Your Feet! finds its strongest emotional footing in its family dynamics, even as it remains firmly committed to celebrating Gloria Estefan’s greatest hits. Long before Gloria Estefan became a global superstar, she was a daughter navigating the expectations of a mother who believed success should look very different from the path she had chosen.

REVIEW: 12 Virgin Labfest XXI “Hubo’t Hubad” Plays “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.” Twenty-one years in, and the Virgin Labfest still hasn’t lost the plot. It has since grown into one of Philippine theater’s most essential annual events.

REVIEW: ‘The Moon and the Bakunawa’ touches on something real There is something immediately evocative about the image at the heart of The Moon and the Bakunawa: A Dementia Carer Story: a celestial body slowly being consumed. In Filipino folklore, the Bakunawa is a serpent said to swallow the moon. Here, that myth is positioned as a metaphor for dementia. It is a compelling frame for a deeply human story.