Tickets for Dulaang UP's 'Fiestas y Muertos' now on sale

Dulaang UP stages a reimagination of Noli Me Tangere (based on the Filipino translation by National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario), titled Fiestas y Muertos. Director Jose Estrella's staging will present Noli through two contrasting visual and emotional themes: the chaotic, forced happiness of public fiestas and the quiet, eerie reality of societal decline and death (muertos).

This production will feature the societal issues of Spanish-colonial San Diego, where lavish religious events are used by the ruling elite to hide extreme poverty, corruption, and psychological suffering. It frames Rizal’s novel within a dramaturgical approach that transforms it from a conventional period piece to a ritualistic cycle of life, death, and societal spectacle.

Shows will run Fridays to Sundays, fromOctober 23 to November 15, 2026 at the IBG-KAL Theater, UP Diliman, Quezon City.

Tickets can be purchased through Ticket2Me at bit.ly/DUPFiestasyMuertosT2M. Direct purchases are also available at bit.ly/DUPFiestasyMuertosDirectPurchase.

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