Tighod (Tides of Times)

Tighod, ebb and flow, a devised piece narrating the odyssey of a group of creatures born out from water. They discover a new realm and their change of existence leads them to a point of no return– an allusion to the proverbial cycle of mankind’s history. The production navigates in a postmodern narrative. The deconstruction through digital images, sounds, chants, dance, and movements is a laboratory piece assembled by IPAG’s dramaturgy workshop. Movement, action, reaction and response, and audience engagement, improvised and prodded by the reactions of both the characters and the viewers, shape the meanings the piece attempts to signify. Meaning-making to the audience is experienced in-the-moment caught up in the web of representations that animate the play.

Tighod premiered to acclaim at the 2019 Festival of the Asia Pacific Bond of Drama Schools at the Vietnam International Performance Academy (VIPA) in Hanoi. It was set on its Philippine premiere at the Tanghal National Theater Festival in Cebu last March when the COVID pandemic struck.
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