Dulaang UP Presents William Shakespeare’s King Lear

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Dulaang UP’s second offering for its 40th Theatre Season is William Shakespeare’s King Lear and its new Filipino translation by Nicolas Pichay, Haring Lear. The play, considered by critics as Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, is directed by DUP Founding Artistic Director, Professor Emeritus Tony Mabesa.

The play is set in the waning years of a Southeast Asian kingdom replete with appropriate music, movement, costumes, and properties of the region without losing the themes, images, and poetry of the playwright’s supreme achievement. King Lear | Haring Lear is the epitome of how deceit and the love for the superficial can tragically bring families to ruin and great kingdoms to ashes.

The star-studded cast includes Joel Lamangan, Leo Rialp, Jojo Cayabyab, Jacques Borlaza, Jeremy Domingo, Guelan Luarca, Frances Makil-Ignacio, Gilleth Sandico, Micaela Pineda, Martha Comia, and Astarte Abraham to name a few.

The artistic staff is composed of Ohm David (set design), Eric Pineda (costume design), Meliton Roxas (lighting design), Jethro Joaquin (sounds design), Arnel Paguyo (property design), Jeremy Dela Cruz (movement & choreography), Patrick Ortaliza and Juan Gonzales(dramaturgy) and John Mark Yap (assistant direction).

King Lear | Haring Lear runs from October 7 to October 25, 2015 at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater, 2nd Floor, Palma Hall, U.P. Diliman.

For tickets, sponsorships, and show buying inquiries, call Samanta Hannah Clarin or Camille Guevara 926-1349, 4337840, 981-8500 local 2449 or email dulaangupmarketing@gmail.com.

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Rampage 2015 Comes To A Conclusion

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Despite the strong winds and frequent rain throughout the day, more than 10,000 avid gaming fans braved the storm to be part of this year’s biggest League of Legends event in the country: Rampage 2015. They were not failed as Garena, in partnership with Smart Prepaid and GameX, with major sponsors A-Plus All Weather, Booster C Energy Shot, Philips Monitors and LED TV, Animax, Razer, CoolerMaster and PLDT Alpha Enterprise brought them a gathering of loyal League of Legends fans like no other.

Mineski is your PGS 2015 Summer Split Champion

Seeded in the bottom half of the tournament, Mineski went undefeated throughout the day by defeating both Imperium Blue 2-0 in the first round then sweeping top-seeded Imperium Pro Team in the finals. The savvy veterans once again showed their strong individual and team plays, and capitalizing on their many years of competitive experience by taking advantage of every mistakes done by their opponents.

Cosplay Clash showed off how creative Filipino cosplayers are

From the beautiful choreography down to the elaborate details and special effects of the costumes, Cosplay Clash 2015 featured many of the best cosplay we've seen in years with each bringing to life the many League of Legends champions adored by many.

AirAsia and Nikon Award the Best Travel Photographer

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And then there was one. From the four office workers chosen to participate in AirAsia Travel Photographer 2015, including a car salesman and a barista, the online votes have been tallied and 36-year old Velvet Lagman takes home the grand prize! Mentored by Malaysian photojournalist Adam Lee, Velvet has received the coveted title of AirAsia’s Best Travel Photographer of 2015 along with 100,00 AirAsia BIG Points and a Nikon D5500 with a 18mm-55mm lens kit. The photo contest was jointly organized by AirAsia and ThinkDharma Inc. (the exclusive distributor of Nikon Digital Cameras) in partnership with AirAsia BIG, the airline’s global loyalty programme. Lucky Voter Grand Prize Winner was awarded to Mia Celindro. She received 100,000 AirAsia BIG Points and a Nikon 1 J5, while ten other lucky voting contestants were awarded with AirAsia BIG Points plus other goodies from Nikon.

Assisted by acclaimed photographers from the Philippines and Malaysia as their personal coaches, four pre-selected contestants travelled across Asia for one week, which started on July 21. Contestants were tasked to capture unforgettable moments in categories: landscape, food, portrait, architecture and travel in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia and Hong Kong. Online voting via www.airasiatravelphotographer.com was opened to the public from August 20 and concluded on September 5.

Philippines AirAsia Head of Commercial Gerard Penaflor led the awarding ceremony held in Mandaluyong City, Philippines in September 18, 2015 and joined in the ribbon-cutting of the exhibit featuring pictures taken on the contest leg.

Keep updated with the next leg of the AirAsia Travel Photography contest by using #IamAirAsiaTravelPhotographer and receive the latest updates via Twiiter (twitter.com/AirAsiaPh) or Facebook (facebook.com/AirAsiaPhilippines).