Pinoy wrestlers bring back excitement and action in MWF's Aksyonovela 2022

After being in hiatus forced by the pandemic, the Manila Wrestling Federation continues to light the torch of Pinoy-style professional wrestling entertainment with a brand-new season full of action, thrills, drama and loads of spectacular athleticism – MWF Aksyonovela TV exclusively for MWF's subscribers on Gank (www.ganknow.com/manilawrestlingfed), every Wednesday nights that started last May 11.

Robin Sane, Fabio Makisig and Crystal

The culminating activity shall include the first major live spectacle on June 5 at the Doreen Fernandez Black Box, Arete at the Ateneo de Manila University located at Loyola Heights, QC. The presence of Philippine wrestling's most accomplished personalities include Crystal, an internationally renowned wrestler who was featured in Midnight Asia on Netflix; Fabio Makisig, whose life was chronicled by ABS-CBN News Channel's documentary titled Mukha; and Robin Sane, MWF's inaugural champion who went on to perform in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.

Other exciting, larger-than-life characters and members of the MWF roster include the unstoppable,

Pinoy strong-style athlete “Danger” Rex Lawin, the charismatic cult leader Bro. Jomar Liwanag, and the Philippines' most resilient wrestler Nigel “Suplex” San Jose.

MWF is excited to have you join us as we celebrate nine years of Philippine wrestling's resurgence,

which started as a humble online forum built by wrestling fans and has now blossomed into a

vibrant, vital and energy-filled entertainment subculture in the country.

For more information, visit the Manila Wrestling Federation Facebook page

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Tanghalang Ateneo's DOLOROSA - how a religious image solves mysteries encompassed multiple generations

As Tanghalang Ateneo opens its 41st season with theme Ecriture Feminine that revolves around women, its first production focused on the wonders of a prominent Catholic figure, the Mater Dolorosa in Peter Zaragoza-Mayshle's "Dolorosa." This is directed by Jenny Jamora.

The 3-act play narrative showed generations with a complex history starting from the Spanish colonial period until the current time when the family is already dysfunctional and broken. You won't recognize the length of this 3-hour production as the playwright gave a very interesting development of the characters and also the mystery of the main figure, the Dolorosa.

The first act, starting with the creation of the image puts the imagination to be inspired on how the image would look like. Similar with the stories of history of what our ancestors have endured under the friars and we are greatly influenced of indulgences and spiritual factors.

While on the 2nd act, when the Filipinos still has a young perceptive of the modern world, we are still impacted with the supernatural. The 2nd act is very interesting though, a certain scene wherein the young Pilar (Zoe de Ocampo) has traveled to an unknown dimension where she meets the various titles of the Virgin. Parts of the Litany depicted in a mind-opening scene that was indeed memorable. Whether it's a fictional world or not, this ignites you to think of your belief. A thing that I would have not expected to come from a Catholic-run institution.

The 3rd act presents the drama and the humor of the whole play. It was a roller-coaster machine brought by the collective of the three generations of the family including the grown Pilar (Bibeth Orteza). Here we face some realities and confronts our own judgments and even our own evils. The characters turn into a redeeming stage which leaves you your own judgment and conclusion.

Cast of Tanghalang Ateneo's Dolorosa

Tanghalang Ateneo's Dolorosa runs until August 31, with shows at 2:30PM and 7:30PM at the Doreen Black Box Theater, 3F, Arete, Ateneo De Manila University.

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