Philippine Tatler – August 2019

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CINEMALAYA

CinemalayaPhilippine

IndependentFilmFestival

celebratesits15thanniversary

aswellasthecentennialyearof

Philippinecinemawitha nationwide

releaseof featuredfilmsuntil 13

August.cinemalaya.org

THE 2019 PHILIPPINE

READERSANDWRITERS

FESTIVAL

NationalBookStoreis hosting

thesixthyearof theirgrand

literarycelebration.Thethree-

dayfestivalwillshowcasebook

signingsandpaneldiscussions

featuringlocalandinternational

authors.AtRafflesMakati.

readersandwritersfestival.com

RICOBLANCOX

IVOFSPADESCONCERT

Filipinofunkrockband

IVof Spades(popularforthe

chart-toppingtrack“Mundo”)

andmusicallegendRicoBlanco

(formerRivermayafrontman)

arecollaboratingfora back-to-

backconcert.AttheMetrotent

ConventionCentre.smtickets.com

CHVRCHES:

LOVEISDEAD

TOUR

Scottishindie

“synth-pop”bandChvrchesreturns

to Manilafora one-nightconcert.

Performing

hitsfromtheir

2018 release,

Loveis Dead,

thiswillbethe

band’sthird

performancein thecountry.

AttheSmartAranetaColiseum.

ticketnet.com.ph

MABINING

MANDIRIGMA

Tanghalang

Pilipinowill

berestagingthe“steampunk”

MabiningMangdirigma, which

willrununtil 18 August,with

a follow-upstagingfrom 30 August

to 1 September.AttheCCPLittle

Theatre.ticketworld.com.ph

MOIRADELA

TORRE:BRAVER

Afterdominating

localchartslast

year,theFilipina

singer-songwriteris slatedto hold

herfirst-eversoloconcert.Atthe

SmartAranetaColiseum.

starmusic.abs-cbn.com

ANGHULINGELBIMBO

Thedatemarksthefinalperformanceof the

belovedoriginalFilipinomusical.ProducedbyResorts

WorldManilaandFullHouseTheatreCompanyunder

thedirectionof DingdongNovenario,themusicalis

basedonthesongspennedandperformedbytheiconic

’90sPinoyrockbandEraserheads.AttheNewport

PerformingArtsTheater.ticketworld.com.ph

ASIANSIL

7THBIENNAL

CONFERENCE

TheAsianSocietyof International

Law(AsianSIL)willbehostingits

seventhbiennialconference,which

carriesthetheme“Rethinking

InternationalLaw”andis setto run

until 23 August.AtNovotelHotel,

QuezonCity.asiansil.org

AURELIO

SEDISYOSO

TanghalangPilipino

willbeofferingonemorererun

of a well-receivedoriginalthis

month.Setfora three-dayshow,

AurelioSedisyosois a historical

rocksarswelabasedontheliftof

revolutionaryplaywrightAurelio

Tolentino.AttheCCPLittleTheatre.

ticketworld.com.ph

GOGO

GFRIEND

SouthKoreangirl

groupGFriend

is comingto the

countryaspartof

theirAsiatour.The

sixmembergroup

hadtheirfirst-ever

soloconcert

in Manilalast

year.AttheNew

FrontierTheatre.

ticketnet.com.ph

Forfurtherdetails,visit

PhilippineTatler.com

Aug

Ready your rain gear and brave the storms this

month as a torrent of live performances and art

conventions surge to the metro

EDINBURGH

2–26 AUGUST

Choreographer Ben Duke’s
interpretation of Romeo and
Juliet and comedian Jessie Cave’s
intimate stand-up show Sunrise are
just two of the 3,500-plus shows
at the world’s largest arts festival,
the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
edfringe.com

KYOTO

16 AUGUST

The Obon festival honours

ancestral spirits believed to visit

family altars over three days

each August. It culminates in

the lighting of the Daimonji fi res

on mountains around Kyoto,

signifying the spirits’ departure.

insidejapantours.com

NEVADA

25 AUGUST–2 SEPTEMBER

The Burning Man arts festival,

whose attendance has swelled to

more than 80,000 visitors since

its inception in 1986, returns with

the theme of Metamorphosis,

encouraging participants to

celebrate the notion of change.

burningman.org

NEW YORK

26 AUGUST–8 SEPTEMBER

Serbian ace Novak Djokovic is

slated to defend his title, joining a

roster of other tennis greats such

as Serena Williams and emerging

stars like Germany’s Alexander

Zverev battling for supremacy

at the US Open, the last Grand

Slam of the year. usopen.org

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