Stuff to Do (06/05/26)

Watch Rep’s musical Man of La Mancha

FOR the 3^rd time since its founding, Repertory Philippines is staging the musical Man of La Mancha. The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical unfolds in a grim Spanish dungeon, where author Miguel de Cervantes must defend himself by telling an imaginative tale. He transforms into Don Quixote, a selfproclaimed knight determined to see the world not as it is but as it ought to be. The show is directed by Nelsito Gomez, with a book by Dale Wasserman, and music and lyrics by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion. Nonie Buencamino stars as Miguel Cervantes/Don Quixote, Katrine Sunga as Aldonza, and Marvin Ong as Sancho Panza. Also in the cast are Tarek El Tayech, Alfredo Reyes, Mikkie Bradshaw-Volante, Sarah Facuri, and Steven Hotchkiss. Performances will run from June 5 to 28, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., with 3:30 p.m. matinees on Saturdays and Sundays, at the Repertory Eastwood Theater, 4F Eastwood Citywalk, Quezon City.

Learn to paint with pastel

A PASTEL painting session will be held by the Traveling Pastel Project team at the Gateway Gallery on June 6, 1 p.m. The art workshop is free and open to all levels, from first-time pastel users to seasoned artists. Individuals only need to bring pastel painting materials and a reference photo to be worked with. It will take place at the gallery’s Small Room at Gateway Tower, Gateway 2, Araneta City in Quezon City.

Join Anko’s bento box-making workshop

ASIDE from its back-to-school supplies, Anko is holding a free Bento Box Workshop on June 6 at the Ayala Malls Feliz branch. There, families can learn how to prepare fun, school-ready meals that kids will look forward to eating. Interested parents and kids can learn more and register for free using the Anko Club app (anko.com/anko-club) or by following @anko_philippines on Instagram and Facebook.

Hear from authors FH Batacan, Ronaldo Vivo, Jr.

FANS of contemporary Philippine crime fiction are invited to attend a panel that pairs two trailblazing authors — F.H. Batacan and Ronaldo Vivo, Jr. — for “Ang Kabulukan sa Loob ng Makina,” where they will offer radically different yet equally devastating views of social reality and its depiction in literature. This will take place on June 7, from 3 to 5 p.m., at The Studio at Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street, BGC, Taguig. Fans can ask about the authors’ writing, creative influences, and hopes for the genre. Sign up via bit.ly/fbevents2026.

Run or dance for Pride Month

AS PART of the Pride celebration in Araneta City, a special run-and-lifestyle Sunday will be held to highlight the inclusivity of the LGBTQIA+ community. There will also be free HIV testing care of the Quezon City Health Department. This will happen at the Green Gate of the Smart Araneta Coliseum on June 7, from 5 to 9 a.m. Meanwhile, on June 9, the Farmers Plaza activity area is hosting the Quezon City Pride Dance Competition. It celebrates identity through movement and performance, giving members of the LGBTQIA+ community a platform to express themselves. People can come watch the participants for free.

Go to a 2-for-1 performance

KHO-LAB Productions and Artist Playground stage Double Take, a twin bill production featuring Reverse Card and AL.TER, weekends until June 21. Both pieces are directed by Paul Jake Paule. Reverse Card, written by Chase Kyle Loza, follows a gay author who invites his former classmate and longtime bully to his home but then things take a sinister turn. AL.TER, written by Pablo Joaquin, follows an interior designer Al who returns to a department store filled with memories of his late partner, then he sees a stranger who looks exactly like him. Double Take has performances at Illumination Studio, 2723 Sabio St., Corner Chino Roces Ave., Makati, every Friday to Sunday at 8 p.m., and 3 p.m. matinees on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are priced at P1,500 and are available via Ticket2Me.

Catch the various sets of the Virgin Labfest

THE VIRGIN LABFEST (VLF) is back once more to feature untried and untested one-act plays onstage. For its 21^st year, the festival lays bare the things that people leave unsaid with its theme “Hubo’t Hubad,” meaning “completely naked.” Performances will be held at the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Blackbox Theater), CCP Complex, Pasay City. There are 12 new one-act plays and one set of revisited plays presented Wednesdays to Sundays until June 28.  Shows are set at 2 and 8 p.m. For more information, contact the CCP Box Office or visit the social media accounts of the CCP, Tanghalang Pilipino, The Writers’ Bloc, and Virgin Labfest.