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GMG Productions and Selladoor Worldwide are thrilled to announce that for the very first time ever, the global phenomenon that is We Will Rock You will be coming to Manila this October! This brand new, reimagined production directed and choreographed by Olivier Award nominee Nick Winston is kicking off a multi-year international tour and audiences in the Philippines will be the first people in the world to witness it. “The original production has been seen by over 16 million people worldwide. We can’t think of a better title to come back with after such a long intermission – and there is no better place to launch the show than the Philippines. We know Filipino audiences love Queen and Queen music,” shares GMG Productions CEO and We Will Rock You producer Carlos Candal. The show is set to be staged in the newly constructed Samsung Performing Arts Theatre located in Circuit Makati. “We are incredibly excited to premiere the show in Manila and for us to play host to all th...

  Musica FEUropa is Far Eastern University's annual national choral festival supported by the European Union in the Philippines. It was initially named the European Union Choral Competition in the Philippines and was later on changed into Musica FEUropa in 2011. Now in its 13th year, Musica FEUropa continues to brave challenges and adapt to innovations, shifting temporarily from the live to the virtual performances of choirs. While certain elements remain the same, there will be some differences. The key criterion for Musica FEUropa is that each choir has to sing two songs: one from any EU composer in an official EU language and one from the Philippines. Click here for the list of official EU languages: https://tinyurl.com/4chkjext In the last 13 years, choirs sang songs in Czech, Latvian, English, Basque, Spanish, Italian, German, Finnish, French, French-Flemish, Flemish, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Tagalog, Cebuano, Bisaya, Ifugao, Ilokano, Itneg, Kinaray-a, T'boli, ...

MWF continues its unique blend of action, thrills, drama, and athleticism in the Philippines' first online weekly episodic wrestling show After a two-year hiatus forced by COVID-19, the Manila Wrestling Federation (MWF) continues to light the torch of Pinoy-style professional wrestling entertainment with a brand-new season full of action, thrills, drama, and loads of spectacular athleticism – MWF Aksyonovela TV exclusively for MWF's subscribers on Gank (www.ganknow.com/manilawrestlingfed), every Wednesday nights starting May 11. The culminating activity shall include the first major live spectacle on June 5 at the Doreen Fernandez Black Box, Arete at the Ateneo de Manila University located atLoyola Heights, QC. The presence of Philippine wrestling's most accomplished personalities include Crystal, an internationally renowned wrestler who was featured in Midnight Asia on Netflix; Fabio Makisig, whose life was chronicled by ABS-CBN News Channel's documentary ti...

The newly re-opened Ayala Museum hosted its first event on April 24, 2022, with the well-attended launch of the book SONG OF NEGROS: MYTHS AND CULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES. The book contains fifteen beautifully illustrated myths, legends, and folktales from the island of Negros. It explains the significance of these tales to the culture of the provinces and the Philippines in general. Ms. Narz Lim introduced the main speaker, Dr. Rene Samaniego. “Mythology,” said Dr. Samaniego, “is a projection of our unconscious, representing the totality of the human experience. Depicted in myths are our life events: our birth, death, illness, loss, and everything else that happens in between.” Dr. Samaniego is an eminent psychiatrist and psychotherapist who practices at Makati Medical Center and teaches at the Ateneo School of Medicine. Dr. Victoria Hoffarth, the book’s author, adds, “The fantastical tales of our culture’s mythology can shape our world in ways that we don’t even realize.” In the b...