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Review by Vives Anunciacion Once on this Island Musical Directed by Bart Guingona Written by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens Featuring Raki Vega, May Bayot, Jett Pangan, Menchu Lauchenco-Yulo Choreography by Denisa Reyes Lighting by John Batalla Musical Direction by Rony Fortich Actors’ Actors Inc. / Silang Onstage at the CP Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Towers Feb 3, 4 and 5 at 8pm The first time it was magical; the second was sheer joy. Actors’ Actors Inc. hits the high notes again in the third staging of the wildly successful musical Once on this Island. This time it’s pure fun. Ti Moune (Raki Vega) is a peasant orphan in the care of adoptive parents Tonton Julian (Bodjie Pascua) and Mama Euralie (May Bayot). Her simple life is turned upside down one day when she discovers young Beauxhomme aristocrat Daniel (Gian Magdangal) in a car crash. The gods of Earth, Water, Love and Death lay a wager on whether Love or Death would determine Ti Moune’s life. Believing the island’s gods have answe...

Review by Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Directed by Andrew Adamson Written by Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson Based on the book by C.S. Lewis Starring Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell GP/ 140 mintes Walt Disney Pictures/ Walden Media Lion kings and closets and queens rule in this magical children’s tale about an enchanted kingdom hidden behind the doors of a wardrobe. C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe gets a triumphant big-screen adaptation from the magicians of Shrek and The Lord of the Rings. For more than a hundred years, everything is frozen cold in the magical world of Narnia by the icy touch of the white witch, Jadis (Tilda Swinton), who declares herself the queen of Narnia. Always winter, never Christmas, as the inhabitants would say. The great lion Aslan, rightful ruler and creator of Narnia, gathers his army for the fight against white witch, but he needs...