# Subversive Lives

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## Quick facts

- **Date:** 28 Aug 2026 to 6 Sep 2026
- **Time:** Fridays 7:30pm, Saturdays and Sundays 2pm and 7:30pm
- **Venue:** Doreen Black Box Theater
- **Address:** Doreen Black Box Theater, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan, Quezon City
- **Area:** Quezon City
- **More info:** https://theaterfansmanila.com/aretes-subversive-lives-brings-the-quimpo-familys-martial-law-story-to-the-stage/

## About this event

Delphine Buencamino directs a documentary theatre piece drawn from Susan and Nathan Gilbert Quimpo's memoir of ten siblings living through Martial Law. Twelve actor-devisers play the siblings and every other role across a two-weekend run in the Doreen Black Box.