YEMAYA title artwork and Bituin Escalante. Courtesy of 9 Works Theatrical; photo by Lee Morale. Review update, September 7, 2026: Read our YEMAYA review , based on the June 12, 2026 press preview of the play. The cast announcement below retains its original schedule and ticket information. Bituin Escalante was announced as Yemaya/Inay in 9 Works Theatrical’s YEMAYA , with Tommy Alejandrino and Benedix Ramos alternating as Jesus/Mulo, and Sheena Belarmino and Ness Roque alternating as Maya. The production uses Filipino text by Eljay Castro Deldoc, based on Yemaya’s Belly by Quiara Alegría Hudes, with Ed Lacson Jr. directing and designing the set. The original run was announced for June 13 to July 5, 2026 at The Black Box at The Proscenium Theater, Rockwell, Makati. This article records the April 29 cast announcement and its accompanying biographies. It does not assess the alternate casts’ performances. Hudes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, also wrote the book for In the Heig...

Manila theater in 2026 is not short on spectacle, but productions that interrogate what it actually takes to be great are rare. The Philippine Opera Company's revival of Master Class does exactly that. Terrence McNally's Master Class , starring Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo and directed by Jaime del Mundo, opens May 15, 2026 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium in RCBC Plaza, Makati City, as part of the Philippine Opera Company's 25th anniversary season. Event Details: Venue: Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati City Opening: May 15, 2026 Show Dates: May 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 2026 Ticket Prices: PHP 2,300 to PHP 4,000 Tickets: Available via Ticket2Me Starring Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo as Maria Callas and directed by Jaime del Mundo, this production anchors the Company's anniversary season with a work that refuses distance. Philippine Opera Company presents Master Class as both...

From Mozart to Mahler Manila 2026: Manila Symphony Orchestra From Mozart to Mahler in Manila on May 30, 2026 brings the Manila Symphony Orchestra to Proscenium Theater Makati for a program led by Joshua Dos Santos and featuring Emanuel John Villarin, Christian Wrona, and selected members of the UST Symphony Orchestra. The Manila Symphony Orchestra continues its Centennial Season with this upcoming concert, adding another major entry to the 2026 cultural calendar. If you have been following Unsaulicited's Manila theater and live performance coverage, this program stands out for how it brings together classical precision and Romantic scale in a single evening. Image courtesy of the Manila Symphony Orchestra. Concert Details: Date: May 30, 2026 Time: 7:30 PM Venue: Proscenium Theater, Makati City Conductor: Joshua Dos Santos Performers: Manila Symphony Orchestra, Ema...

Karylle stars as Mrs. Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in Manila this July 2026, bringing one of musical theater's most beloved family stories to The Theatre at Solaire. What to know: Karylle plays Mrs. Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Manila 2026, running July 8 to 26, 2026 at The Theatre at Solaire. The production is presented by Broadway International Group and Broadway Asia, in association with AMA Group of Companies and GMG Productions, with tickets available via TicketWorld. The Manila production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will run from July 8 to 26, 2026 at The Theatre at Solaire, with Karylle confirmed to play Mrs. Bucket in the upcoming staging presented by GMG Productions. The musical brings Roald Dahl's iconic story to a large-scale Manila audience, combining spectacle, music, theatrical invention, and family-driven storytelling. Show Details: Title: Roald Dahl's Charlie and...

Poster courtesy of PETA. Endo makes instability physical. A shift in weight becomes hesitation; a repeated gesture becomes routine. Around Leo and Tanya, the ensemble keeps changing the shape of their world. The pressure of uncertain work reaches into the way people move, wait and relate to one another. Directed by Melvin Lee and adapted for the stage by Liza Magtoto, this PETA Plus production in partnership with Ticket2Me reshapes the 2007 film through dialogue and movement. Nearly two decades later, its story of contractual labor feels painfully familiar in the gig economy. The stage adaptation finds a fluid, symbolic way to express that continuity. Performance reviewed: April 8, 2026, at 8:00 PM, press preview at PETA Theater Center in Quezon City, with Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Royce Cabrera and Iana Bernardez. Archive update, September 7, 2026: The original advertised run was April 10 to May 10, 2026, with tickets from PHP 1,600 to PHP 2,700 thro...

Kate Liu in Recital Manila 2026 brings International Chopin Competition laureate Kate Liu to Ayala Museum on May 2, 2026 for her Philippine debut. For more classical music, recitals, orchestra features, and live performance coverage, visit the Concerts in Manila hub on Unsaulicited . Presented by Veniccio.com in partnership with MA Piano Academy, this one-night recital places one of today’s most admired pianists before a Manila audience for a program centered on Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, and Johannes Brahms. For listeners who follow classical piano closely, Kate Liu’s arrival in Makati is the kind of event that immediately stands out on the 2026 concert calendar. Kate Liu in Manila 2026: Quick Info Event: Kate Liu in Recital Date: May 2, 2026 Time: 7:00 PM Venue: Ayala Museum, Makati City Performer: Kate Liu Program: Chopin, Schumann, Brahms Ticket Prices: PHP 2,500 to PHP 10,000 Tickets: Veniccio.com W...

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Santa Juana ng mga Katayan: Ateneo ENTABLADO Brecht Adaptation April 2026 Santa Juana ng mga Katayan by Ateneo ENTABLADO opens in April 2026 at the Fine Arts Black Box of the Old Communications Building in Ateneo de Manila University, bringing Guelan Varela-Luarca's Filipino translation of Bertolt Brecht's Saint Joan of the Stockyards to Quezon City audiences through a staging centered on capitalism, labor, and resistance. Presented by Ateneo ENTABLADO as the closing production of its 43rd season, Santa Juana ng mga Katayan arrives as a work that asks difficult questions without softening their edges. Framed through the journey of Juana Dilim, the play confronts what it means to pursue goodness and justice within a system built on inequality, exploitation, and compromise. Production Details: Show: Santa Juana ng mga Katayan Company: Ateneo ENTABLADO Venue: Fine Arts Black Box, Old Communications Bu...

Emilia by Tanghalang Ateneo runs from April 10 to 26, 2026 at the Rizal Mini Theater in Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, presenting a Filipino staging of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s feminist play on authorship, gender, and historical memory. Emilia is a contemporary feminist play that reimagines the woman believed to be Shakespeare’s “Dark Lady,” positioning her not as a muse, but as a writer, thinker, and author of her own narrative. In Tanghalang Ateneo’s 2026 production, the work is reframed through a Filipino lens through the company’s theme Her Voice Re-sounds (Boses Babae Nagbabanyuhay) , bringing the story into conversation with present-day questions on visibility, labor, and recognition. In April 2026, Tanghalang Ateneo presents Emilia , the celebrated play by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm known for its all-female cast and its insistence on reclaiming women’s place in literary and cultural history. Directed by Sarah Facuri , this staging invites audiences to look ...