Love is a many splendored thing, we all agreed to that, it
really moves in many mysterious ways, but what if the love you have, faces a lot
of obstacle, a lot of trials and disappointments, yet here you are still fighting
because you know ever since that its love, that worth living for.
Ateneo De Manila’s Arete along with Japan Foundation
production of “If He Doesn’t See Your Face” is a situational love story
composed of many why, a couple sharing many things in between glass window
because the other one is in jail, but there is no hindrance to continue their
story probing that love is immortal in their quest to be together again.
If he Doesn’t See Your Face by playwright Sozue Toshiro
explore how a relationship tested in a way one is guilty, yes guilty for a
crime of stealing, while the other is trying to survive a family and understanding
why her partner is doing such thing.
Under the direction of Ricardo Abad, this Japanese play is
more on conversation type of play, exchange of question and answer that leads
deeper to a more personal reason why things happen, the minimal and simple set
design is compose of a lot imagination, pretending it’s a glass, pretending it’s
a house and pretending it’s a prison cell, and Its all impressive.
I salute the two lead actors, Delphine Buencamino as Yasuyo
and Brian Sy as Tatsuya, its all kilometric lines to deliver and they did it
very well, since this is a Japanese play I expect it somehow they will acted
and look like real Japanese actors maybe because of the mood settings of the
play, all Japanese commercials and music, but making it on their own style is a
good move and its effective in conveying the hard to get message.
Maybe one of a serious play to watch for 2019, it will give
you questions too after watching, what if I’m in that situation, how do we face
tomorrow, and why these things keep coming even though you give your all, am I
not enough? Those questions linger in our mind if time comes we don’t see his
face no more.
If He Doesn’t See Your Face is being stage at the Doreen Black Box of Arete inside Ateneo De Manila University campus, dates are August 2 and 3 at 8 in the evening, and August 4 at 3 in the afternoon. Tickets is available thru Ticket2Me or you may call Arete Box Office +632.426.6001 local.5391. Prices bare P400 (base price) P320 Senior citizen and PWD, and P250 for LS students and employees.
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