Skip to main content
Tawid sa Harbour: Anything About Theatre

Tawid sa Harbour: Anything About Theatre

By Uleb Nieto

The title is a phrase often used by performance makers at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. "Tawid sa Harbour" (Head over to the harbour) subtly means "Let us head over somewhere to talk about what we just experienced."

As an assistant professor in a university and a performance maker, I talk about theatre every minute of my every day. I intend to extend my class discussions and creative work in this podcast. I hope that we continue reclaiming our collaborative spaces and creating new public spheres in the time of the global health crisis.

Available on
Apple Podcasts Logo
Google Podcasts Logo
Pocket Casts Logo
RadioPublic Logo
Spotify Logo
Currently playing episode

Wrestling as Performance Art

Tawid sa Harbour: Anything About TheatreMar 04, 2021

00:00
01:41:12
Performing the Personal with Ela Figura

Performing the Personal with Ela Figura

Ela Figura takes us on her creative journey in devising her performance, “Still Awesome,” using personal narratives and “traumaturgy,” and taking inspiration from Layeta Bucoy and Olive Nieto’s MonoVlog and Bo Burham’s online performances.

In this episode, we raise the ethical aspects of research on performing traumatic memory and discuss how to establish a safe space in creating a performance.

Jun 11, 202348:58
The Collaborative Actors Prepare (Part 2)

The Collaborative Actors Prepare (Part 2)

In this 2-part episode, Zheg Arban and Janna Cortes share their collaborative preparations as student actors for performances before and during the pandemic. We delve deeper into how collaboration in acting activates a safe space to make your co-actors and alternates an enabling presence to your growth on the stage and in life. They provide tips on how to make your acting journals your best friend.

In “The Collaborative Actors Prepare Part 2: Actors as Collaborators,” Zheg and Janna reveal how they bring the collaborative acting process into their respective Dulaang Laboratoryo thesis productions and creative works.

May 15, 202351:53
The Collaborative Actors Prepare (Part 1)

The Collaborative Actors Prepare (Part 1)

In this 2-part episode, Zheg Arban and Janna Cortes share their collaborative preparations as student actors for performances before and during the pandemic. We delve deeper into how collaboration in acting activates a safe space to make your co-actors and alternates an enabling presence to your growth on the stage and in life. They provide tips on how to make your acting journals your best friend.

“The Collaborative Actors Prepare Part 1: Collaborative Acting in UP Playwrights’ Theatre’s Nana Rosa” includes a glimpse of my training for student actors as "emotional athletes" through embodied dramaturgy.




May 15, 202338:14
Theatre Acting and "Going Viral” with Rain Matienzo

Theatre Acting and "Going Viral” with Rain Matienzo

TikTok’s “Conyo Girl” Rain Matienzo shares her experiences in theatre acting classes in college which are the foundations of her preparations for theatre and tv auditions. Rain also tells her stories of losing projects during the pandemic and betting on herself to create opportunities on social media.

May 05, 202344:15
Centering

Centering

TAWID SA HARBOUR IS BACK (with a thirst trap poster)! Season 2 is here!


Season 2 is about CENTERING. I am collecting my scattered energies by rooting myself with the people who have been doing great work. I am highlighting my former thesis advisees’ and students’ theses and creative works. I have also invited my closest friends to talk about their recent creative works and research on healing, visual arts, pageants, spoken word, etc.


ABANGAN!

Apr 13, 202304:33
3 Fez op Luv
Mar 12, 202228:52
D.I.Y. Theater at Home

D.I.Y. Theater at Home

ONLINE CLASSROOM SERIES. This episode is about my week 2 of teaching performance via Zoom. I talk about how we turn our personal spaces into our own theater at home, how we make sense of our limited and liminal spaces, and how we use available technology in performance making.

May 05, 202114:13
(Long) Physical Distanc(e)ing Relationship in International Collaboration

(Long) Physical Distanc(e)ing Relationship in International Collaboration

We invited James Harvey Estrada, director of "Ostrich!! Hayupang Die-Bow-Ken" (Japan) and co-director of "Cave" (South Korea), to talk about healing, rituals, and building relationships in international collaboration during the global health crisis.

Mar 14, 202153:44
Theatre in Drag, Drag in Theatre

Theatre in Drag, Drag in Theatre

We invited MC BLCK to talk about theatre in drag and drag in theatre.   

MC BLCK / Lyg Carillo is a Theatre and Drag Artist doing arts advocacy work for the LGBTQIA+ community.   

Sharing the art of drag in the theatre world, s/he has worked, collaborated, and performed with several artists here in the Philippines and abroad.   

Currently, s/he is pioneering the First Drag Academy PH (2021), an arts program designed for Aspiring Drag Artist of all genders.

Mar 12, 202101:13:18
Sining Banwa Community Theatre

Sining Banwa Community Theatre

Sari Saysay, a community theatre artist in Bicol, talks about the journey of the MonoVlog in their region and the future of Sining Banwa in doing community theatre in the time of the global health crisis.

Mar 04, 202101:09:15
Wrestling as Performance Art

Wrestling as Performance Art

William Elvin Manzano, theatre actor, musician, and creative director of the Manila Wrestling Foundation, talks about performance and wrestling.

Mar 04, 202101:41:12
Aldo Vencilao on Creating Online Performances

Aldo Vencilao on Creating Online Performances

Aldo Vencilao, creator of the Aldobie Show (Youtube), shares his creative process from conceptualizing to editing online performances with limited resources since the Metro Manila lockdown. 

Mar 04, 202147:08
Aabot ba Tayo, mga Ka-course Pack?

Aabot ba Tayo, mga Ka-course Pack?

My reflections on the previous semester, how these musing are shaping my course packs to include wrestling, theatre ecosystem, accessibility of resources for audiences and for artists, and what we can learn from digital theatre.

Laban (at pahinga rin), mga ka-course pack!

Feb 20, 202122:49
i-IMPROV(e) mo yan

i-IMPROV(e) mo yan

Improv-ing your Valentine's Day and your life by saying "Yes, and..."

Feb 14, 202123:35
MonoVlog

MonoVlog

The journey of Layeta P. Bucoy and Olive Nieto's MonoVlog (digital performance) from Facebook Live to Kumu during the global health crisis.

Feb 13, 202114:13
Schrödinger's "Theatre"

Schrödinger's "Theatre"

Maybe we need quantum physics to explain this ambivalence that we are in. 

Feb 09, 202105:08
Tawid sa Harbour

Tawid sa Harbour

I'm extending my theatre class discussions and creative work here.
Jan 30, 202100:50