Dance numbers of various styles - from ballroom to hip hop - have been choreographed by John Tan and will be performed on stage.Īn immersive exploration into Filipino culture, the play is set in a high school in Manila. It features ten original rap songs composed by Jeff Hernandez, which includes: “Nosebleed”, “O Shakespeare”, “What’s In A Name”, and “Pucha Bro”. A multi-awarded musical in its own right, “William” has been described by the BBC as “a modern twist on Shakespeare”. PETA will also be screening the play, “William”, on their YouTube channel. This is in collaboration with artists such as Michael Williams, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Noel Cabangon, Myke Salomon and Bituin Escalante. An online series that celebrates the work of The Bard himself, “Shakespeare in the Time of COVID” includes entertaining programs such as “Sonnets & Songs”, which is a reading of the playwright’s sonnets and a reimagining of these into Filipino tunes. In honour of Shakespeare’s 404th death anniversary - which took place last 23 April 2020 - the Philippine Educational Theatre Association (PETA) has launched “Shakespeare in the Time of COVID”. In this topsy-turvy world, people have had to conform to “the new normal” - and no one is exempted, not even The Bard. Is coronavirus the zeitgeist of the year 2020? Perhaps.
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