Sir Anril P. TIATCO, PhD

Carnivalization of Miracles and the Neoliberal Production of Faith in the Original Filipino Musical Himala. , at Cologne, Germany, Monday, June 9, 2025

Oral Presentation. 67th International Federation for Theatre Research Conference (Performing Carnival: Ekstasis, Subversion, Metamorphosis). University of Cologne.

ABSTRACT. In December 2019, the musical Himala (Book, Lyrics, and Music by Vince De Jesus) received a new staging at the Power Mac Spotlight in Makati City. First staged at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theatre) of the Cultural...

Towards a Decolonized Contemporary Philippine Theatre: Mythmaking and Cultural Memory in Kung Paano Nanalo sa Karera si Rosang Taba. , at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Sunday, September 8, 2024

Plenary Presentation. Towards Inter-Asian Theatre Studies Conference: Modernity, Historical Conditions, and Changing Ways of Seeing. National Sen Yut-Sen University

ABSTRACT. Staged for Women’s Month in the Philippines, directors José Estrella, Issa Lopez, and Mark Dalacat collaborated with playwrights Rodolfo Vera and Maynard Manansala to bring the children’s story How Rosang Taba Won the Race to a...

Celebration and Remembrance in Kalibo’s Ati-Atihan: Mythmaking as Recuperation of Cultural Memory , at University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Friday, July 28, 2023

Oral Presentation. 65th International Federation for Theatre Research Conference Annual Conference 2023.

ABSTRACT. The Ati-Atihan, held in the town of Kalibo on Panay Island, is often described in popular literature as the Philippine Mardi Gras, blended with the veneration of the Santo Niño (the Child Jesus). The festival features a series of impassioned dances called sad-sad (loosely, to...

Philippine Catholic Festivals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Performing Live in the “New” Normal, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, December 16, 2022

Plenary Presentation. 4th International Music and Performing Arts Conference. Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Staging Memory in Nana Rosa and the Comfort Woman Narrative: From the Periphery to the Center of Pacific War History. , at University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Oral Presentation. 64^th International Federation for Theatre Research Conference / IFTR World Congress 2022.

The Intramuros Project: Pagpapakilala sa Dramaturhiyang Metodolohiya para sa Pagsulat ng Dulang Dokumentaryo , at National Research Council of the Philippines Humanities Division Conference, Thursday, August 26, 2021

Invited Panel Member. Wika at Saliksik: Pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wika 2021.

The Rise of the Original Filipino Musical: From Komedya to a Contemporary Philippine Theatre Genre, at Ateneo de Manila University, Universidade de Nova de Lisboa and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, Monday, July 19, 2021

Invited Panel. Contacts and Continuities: 500 Years of Asian-Iberian Encounters (Online International Conference).

Performative Archive and Cultural Memory: Communal Identification in Performed History, at Folklore Studies Center, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, UP Diliman, Quezon City, the Philippines, Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Invited Plenary. Pagdiriwang 2: International Online Conference on Folklore and Heritage

Performance, Devotion, Gender: Figuring the Peñafrancia in Bicol, Philippines, at School of Media and Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia, Thursday, December 3, 2020

Oral Presentation. Australasian Drama Studies Association Conference 2020 (Online International Conference)

Historiography Through Pamamanata: Cultural Memory. Pre-Contact Performances and the Catholic Philippines., at Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage. Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy,, Friday, November 20, 2020

Oral Keynote Presentation. On Reenactment: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools (Online International Conference).

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