Fringe MNL 2020
February 8 & 9, 2020 | 7:30 PM
Yuchengco Museum
RCBC Plaza, Corner Ayala & Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenues, 1200 Makati
Pay-What-You-Can!
Langgam Performance Troupe’s ongoing and captivating movement piece, SOMEWHERE ELSE INSTEAD, returns–this time in the heart of Makati! We will be performing at FringeMNL’s 2020 Festival as part of its #FringeForeplay line-up!
SOMEWHERE ELSE INSTEAD (taken from a line of AA Milne’s poem, “Halfway Down”) is a movement piece that centers around the image, utility, and metaphorical significance of the staircase. Developed and devised for more than a year, the performance project conducts and incites an ensemble of five performers into an unraveling process that which reveals the relevance, impact, and influence of the stairs from the architectural to the metaphysical.
Ensemble:
Diana Aviado
Jacq Nacu-Garcia
Joel Garcia
Opaline Santos
John Andre Sarmogenes
Concept and Direction:
Jenny Logico-Cruz
Musical Direction:
Peter Paul Loteria Magat
Scenography:
Ellawyn Cruz
Producer & Director of Documentation:
Blonski Cruz
Poster Design:
Angel Frades
This event is made possible by FringeMNL, Yuchengco Museum, and Y Space at the Yuchengco Museum.
What they say about Somewhere Else Instead:
“Somewhere Else Instead was a blob of beautiful that I could not quite grasp, but felt captured by, because the moment that I think I would catch a train of thought, some sort of structure to it, I am fooled by another tickle in the narrative”. – Alekxandra Toyhacao, Artist and Cultural Worker
“How can I put into words how much I enjoy this performance? Somewhere Else Instead, itself a show devoid of words, defies the use of words to capture its essence. It is indeed a theatrical experience, an invitation to witness sheer storytelling distilled of superficiality and purified of pretense. It is so much fun to watch. It provides you a rare opportunity to switch off your logical mind and follow and flow of the Story, the Movement, the Music”. – Rico Duran del Rosario, Actor
“Somewhere Else Instead opens a dimension where you can have a discourse with yourself… of where you are… of what state you are in… It expands the body and becomes a poetry of journey, an assessment to your (pseudo) reality and relationship to time and stairs”. – Rhon Kenneth Mercado, Artistic Director, Kislap Pana Kolektib
