Catch Dulaang UP's # R < / 3 J

I found out just recently that my beloved Dulaang UP is staging Romeo and Juliet. It's my most favorite Shakespeare piece and I recall, I'd always do Juliet's monologue in the Balcony Scene (If you don't know the Balcony Scene, why, shame on you! Kidding. Please read this play before you transcend to the other dimension) in my acting classes. :)

Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest, classic love stories ever told.

But what if it's set in contemporary Manila?

For its 40th Theatre Season, Dulaang UP presents their second play for the season,  # R < / 3 J, an adaptation/deconstruction/multimedial hallucination of this great Shakespearean piece.

# R < / 3 J (hashtag R broken-heart J) retells the star-crossed lovers’ narrative transforming Verona into a concrete jungle at the heart of Metro Manila – teeming with corruption, revolt, advertisements, sex, social media, and condominium units. The play captures the essence of the most enduring tragedy juxtaposing the young lovers’ romance with our present society’s many forms of commodified love. This is the world of # R < / 3 J, a radical, multimedial hallucination on Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece.

How can a love like theirs exist in our world, in our time? Exploiting our hyper-real contemporary moment – globalization, ultra-violence, internet nonsense, generation gap – this theatrical project seeks to dramatize, through a psychedelic mix of all available art forms, the postmodern tragedy of our generation. Destroy the city, the family, the government – even Shakespeare! – but never destroy the will to love.

Watch and laugh, cry, dance, go crazy, and fall in love with this retelling of Romeo and Juliet's timeless story. Playdates below:

First Week

August 26 (Wednesday) - 7PM 
August 27 (Thursday) - 7PM 
August 28 (Friday) - 7PM

Second Week

September 2 (Wednesday) - 7PM 
September 3 (Thursday) - 7PM 
September 4 (Friday) - 8PM 
September 5 (Saturday) - 10AM, 3PM, 8PM 
September 6 (Sunday) - 10AM, 3PM, 8PM

Third Week

September 9 (Wednesday) - 7PM 
September 10 (Thursday) - 7PM 
September 11 (Friday) - 7PM 
September 12 (Saturday)10AM, 3PM, 8PM

September 13 (Sunday) - 10AM, 3PM, 8PM

For more information about this play and to inquire about ticket sales (individual and bulk), please go to DULAANG UP on Facebook, contact Ms. Chia Samson at 926-1349/981-8500 or visit the Dulaang UP office at Ground Fl., Palma Hall, University of The Philippines Diliman, Quezon City.