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Virgin Labfest 21: Hubo't Hubad
Presented by Cultural Center of the Philippines, The Writer's Bloc, and Tanghalang Pilipino Foundation
- When
- June 3 to 28, 2026, 2:00 PM matinees and 8:00 PM gala performances; 5:00 PM educational events
- Where
- Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (CCP Black Box Theater), CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, Metro Manila
- Who it's for
- For anyone who takes new Filipino theatre seriously and wants to see first-time playwrights tested out; good for a date or for visiting family with an interest in the arts. It is at the CCP Black Box in Pasay, easy after work if you are around the bay area or Makati, and a longer trip from Quezon City.
- Good to know
- Runs 3 to 28 June. The 8 PM gala suits an after-work evening; there are also 2 PM matinees and 5 PM educational sessions. The Black Box is small, so book ahead.
About this event
The Philippines' leading festival of untried, unstaged one-act plays returns for its twenty-first edition, with twelve new works on the theme Hubo't Hubad, how people lay their true selves bare. Most of the playwrights are first-timers, and the program adds staged readings, theatre talks, and presentations from Taiwan and Japan, with a cast that includes Glaiza de Castro and Jackie Lou Blanco. It runs almost a month in the intimate CCP Black Box Theater, so an after-work 8:00 PM gala is easy to fit in. This is the room for anyone who wants to see where the next generation of Filipino dramatists is heading, and a strong choice for a date or for visiting family with an interest in the arts.
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