Sino si Arturo Ui?

Dulaang UP closes its 34th season with a Contemporary Adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s masterpiece Ang Muntik nang Hindi Mapigilang Paghahari ni Arturo Ui adaptation by Katherine Sabate, Joshua So and Patrick Valera, music composition by Diwa de Leon and choreography by Dexter Santos. Established in 1976, Dulaang UP is the country’s premiere academe-based theatre company.

Set amidst the economic turmoil of the 1930’s, the play chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a Chicago mobster, and his attempts to control the cauliflower racket. Brecht intended to make his play into a satirical allegory of Adolf Hitler’s rise in Nazi Germany.

Directed by Alexander Cortez, this timely production tackles how certain reoccuring events parallel that of an age of which we could have prevented. A lesson will be surely learned from seeing this magnificent play adapted to our very own predicament.

Ang Muntik Nang Di Mapigilang Paghahari ni Arturo Ui will run from the 17th of February until the 7th of March at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater at the U.P. Diliman every Wednesday to Friday at 7pm and on weekends at 10am and 3pm. For more information, please contact: 0906-3848616 (globe), or the Dulaang UP Office 926-1349, 981-8500 local 2449 or 433-7840.