(NOV. 5)鈥A book on theatre studies focused on the Philippines by Prof. Sir Anril P. Tiatco, PhD of the UP Diliman College of Arts and Letters (UPD-CAL) won the Best Book on Art category at the .
The award is given annually by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and Manila Critics Circle (MCC) to the best books written, designed and published in the country.
Tiatco鈥檚 book 鈥淐osmopolitanism, Theatre, and the Philippines: Performing Community in a World of Strangers鈥 was published by the University of the Philippines Press (UP Press) in 2018. According to the , the book 鈥渋s an attempt toward a theorization of cosmopolitanism via Philippine theatre鈥 and provides a general picture of how cosmopolitanism is 鈥減erformed鈥 by Filipinos. It also consists of a series of analyses of plays about social issues in the Philippine context against the massive backdrops of late capitalism and globalization. The book has 274 pages and is available at the for P500.
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is an associate professor at the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) and current director of the UPD Information Office. He earned his PhD in Theatre Studies from the National University of Singapore in 2014. He was a visiting scholar at the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures of the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom (2012 鈥 2013). He was conferred the title Artist II under the UP Artist Productivity System Award (2014鈥2016).
He authored various academic essays published in the Asian Theatre Journal (University of Hawai鈥檌 Press), The Philippine Humanities Review (UPD CAL), TDR: The Drama Review (MIT Press and NYU Department of Performance Studies), JATI: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (University of Malaya Press) and Modern Drama (University of Toronto Press).
He is the author of 鈥淏uhol-Buhol/Entanglement: Contemporary Theatre in Metropolitan Manila (Peter Lang, 2017),鈥 Entablado: Theatres and Performances in the Philippines (University of the Philippines Press, 2015) and the NBA finalist for Best Book in the Arts 鈥淧erforming Catholicism: Faith and Theatre in a Philippine Province (also published by the UP Press in 2016).
Two UP Press publications, namely, 鈥淪eeker of Spirits鈥 by Jude Ortega and 鈥淭atlong Dula (na itinanghal ng Dulaang UP)鈥 by Rody Vera, also won the NBA.
Ortega is a whose works have been published in Philippines Graphic, Philippine Daily Inquirer, New Voices and Likhaan: A Journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature. His book 鈥淪eeker of Spirits鈥 won the Best Book of Short Fiction in English category. The book has 164 pages and is available at the for P300.
Vera is an award-winning actor and playwright. He is the founder of the , a Filipino playwrights-led theater festival of untried, untested, and unstaged works held annually at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. His book 鈥淭atlong Dula (na itinanghal ng Dulaang UP)鈥 bagged the Best Anthology in Filipino award. The book has 260 pages and is available at the for P450.
鈥擧aidee C. Pineda, image by Jefferson Villacruz
Photo credits:
- Rody Vera 鈥
- Jude Ortega 鈥
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