With performances from August 4 to September 4 at Power Mac Center Spotlight, Circuit Makati, Red Turnip's latest play, Tribes, is a must-see! Here are the reasons why: 1. The Cast During the Press Night, Director Topper Fabregas described his cast as a dream team, a dream cast. And they definitely are. Each cast member's effective acting tells their character's individual stories effectively. So effective that you end up almost intimately knowing each one. Grab a ticket now to witness Dolly de Leon, Teroy Guzman, Cris Pasturan, Thea Yrastorza, Kalil Almonte, and Angela Padilla move, speak, and sign to the struggles of identity, community, family. 2. The Stage and Seating TicketWorld's layout translates to this when you enter the theater: The red zone is P1,800 per seat and the rest is priced at P1,200. Tickets are available at TicketWorld. Each side literally gives a different perspective as the actors move in and out of the stage. For th...

In just three years, Red Turnip Theater has changed the landscape of the commercial theatre scene, proving that the straight play has always been suited to Filipino audiences’ tastes, provided that the content and form are of top-notch quality. Red Turnip Theater now mounts their most captivating season yet, kicking the Fourth Season off with the offbeat love story TRIBES and closing it with the sci-fi thriller THE NETHER. Both plays are powerfully written by the first female playwrights in the Red Turnip roster: award winners Nina Raine and Jennifer Haley, respectively. Last season, Red Turnip travelled outwards, exploring not only different countries but time and space in the critically acclaimed productions of “33 Variations” and “Constellations”. This year Red Turnip returns to its roots, going back to what it does best: journeying inwards. In TRIBES, a deaf young man tries to find his voice in a comically loquacious, anti-sign language family that just wants to make him fe...