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Doha-based Filipino theatre group Tangahalang Overseas Pinoy (TOPi) brought pride to their community in Qatar following their stellar performances of an original Filipino musical play titled ‘Alikabok’ (Dust), staged at the Awsaj Academy and Qatar Academy Auditorium on two consecutive Fridays.
Alikabok is a musical production libretto by Noel Balmaceda and musical genius Ryan Cayabyab. The play is very significant to TOPi as it was the first play staged by the group in 2005, which also marked the birth of the organisation.
The production was inspired by Juan Luna’s classic painting entitled “La Bulaque?a,” hanging in Malaca?ang Palace, the seat of Philippine government.
It relives the story of a young girl Bising Vallejo, who lived with her widowed father in their ancestral home in San Rafael, Bulacan in 1895. It tells of her evolution into a brave and valiant revolutionary fighting for the country’s independence against her father’s wishes; of her love for Ignacio and their love child. All this is discovered by Greg, her great grandson, and his wife Anna who find her diary in the now rundown and dilapidated Vallejo house.
The show was lauded for the amazing performances of the TOPi members as well as the entertaining depiction of Philippine traditions and history.
Part of the proceeds of the year-end show will be donated to the scholarship programme of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Picpa) in line with the theatre group’s mission of giving back to the community.
Alikabok is a musical production libretto by Noel Balmaceda and musical genius Ryan Cayabyab. The play is very significant to TOPi as it was the first play staged by the group in 2005, which also marked the birth of the organisation.
The production was inspired by Juan Luna’s classic painting entitled “La Bulaque?a,” hanging in Malaca?ang Palace, the seat of Philippine government.
It relives the story of a young girl Bising Vallejo, who lived with her widowed father in their ancestral home in San Rafael, Bulacan in 1895. It tells of her evolution into a brave and valiant revolutionary fighting for the country’s independence against her father’s wishes; of her love for Ignacio and their love child. All this is discovered by Greg, her great grandson, and his wife Anna who find her diary in the now rundown and dilapidated Vallejo house.
The show was lauded for the amazing performances of the TOPi members as well as the entertaining depiction of Philippine traditions and history.
Part of the proceeds of the year-end show will be donated to the scholarship programme of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Picpa) in line with the theatre group’s mission of giving back to the community.
