If you're looking for a quirky musical-comedy, then My Night with Lea will surely tickle your fancy. A fictional account of a harrowing and revelaing conversation with a famous musical icon named "Lea", Gabbi Campomanes extends and challenges the very concept of "suspending one's disbelief". A fun-filled one act performance, My Night with Lea, is a must-see for those who love musical theatre, Filipino culture, and simply having a good time. 

OCTOBER 20, 2018 | 830PM | PINEAPPLE LAB

In this performance entitled “About Kazuo Ohno” which caused controversy within Tokyo’s dance community, Takao Kawaguchi set out to perform the task of literally “copying” the dance of the butoh master Kazuo Ohno from video recordings of the premiere performances of Ohno’s early masterpieces. The viewer layers their memory of Kazuo Ohno onto Takao’s body, and for those unfamiliar with Ohno’s dances, their imagination of it. The multiple images of Ohno and Takao merge, surface and recede. “About Kazuo Ohno” is, in a sense, a duet Takao dances with the illusory image of Kazuo Ohno.

OCTOBER 23, 2018 | 8PM | POWER MAC CENTER SPOTLIGHT 

Dance Until You Shatter Yourself is a one-man, 75-minute endurance piece that explores the fragile nature of identity through a series of poems, songs, immersive projections, and a practice called sustained spinning inspired by the whirling dervishes of Sufism. Dance Until You Shatter Yourself is a jarring performance that is both poignant and technically astounding at the same time. 

OCTOBER 24, 2018 | 8PM | POWER MAC CENTER SPOTLIGHT 

Brown Madonna is a devised dance theatre piece that investigates the complexity and elusiveness of identity as it interweaves personal and cultural narratives. Set at a music concert, contemporary dance artist, Ea Torrado, attempts to make sense of her personal experiences and history through the songs of famous pop icon, Madonna. Building the performance up from the artist’s diaries, associated research and interviews, Brown Madonna explores creating an existential panorama through a personhood complicated by beauty standards, religion, ambition, and growing up in a culture that equates a woman’s worthiness with being a wife and mother.

OCTOBER 26, 2018 | 8PM | POWER MAC CENTER SPOTLIGHT 

1 Woman. 20 Characters.

Based on Eimear McBride’s haunting novel and Annie Ryan’s stage adaptation, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing tells, in fragmented, poetic, and partly ambiguous language, the tragic life of a Girl, who has been repeatedly abused by her uncle, who loses her beloved brother, grapples with the wicked religiosity of her mother, and increasingly finds herself in that corner of her life where no option is left. A harrowing piece that lays bare in no delicate terms, the appalling iniquity of sexual abuse and power. 

OCTOBER 27-28, 2018 | 8PM | POWER MAC CENTER SPOTLIGHT 

What is dating like in middle age? What is being a solo parent of a teen like? What is going on inside the mind of a sungit tito? Raising Gabe is a coming-of-middle-age performance memoir – at times funny, often poignant and unflinchingly honest. Combining elements of improvisation, storytelling and music, this forty-five-minute autobiographical show details the struggles and triumphs of a single man raising a son on his own in the Philippines.

OCTOBER 28, 2018 | 7PM | PINEAPPLE LAB

A freestyle dance video series about trying to capture that perfect moment between dancer, filmmaker, and surroundings as they connect through music. These one-of-a-kind interpretations are a form of self-expression for both dancer and filmmaker who both react to the music and each other. Often shot and completed within three hours, the artists meet, choose a song, then begin filming. This series explores the collaboration and expression of 3 different mediums, of dance, music, and cinematography, as well as exploring the universal language of music. 

OCTOBER 20, 2018 | 7PM | PINEAPPLE LAB -- HOLLOW BLOCK

1SA – Solo Arts Platform will be held from October 20-28, 2018 at Power Mac Center Spotlight Theatre and Pineapple Lab. Tickets will be made available at TicketWorld (891-9999) or at ticketworld.com.ph for some performances. For more details and updates, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/FringeMNL or follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @fringemnl or visit fringemanila.com.