Para hindi mo ito maintindihan, day 1.

The first leg of Para hindi mo ito maintindihan was last Friday night. Thanks to Shotlist bar and Hubert Tibi for letting us use the venue. It was pretty small, but I actually liked the intimacy of the space.

Betty, Jenny, Opa and I met up at McDo near the Quezon Ave MRT and after a quick early dinner, we hopped on a cab and headed straight to Shotlist. None of us had ever been there before, but thank goodness it wasn't that hard to find if you have the address handy.

Surveyed the small space, and after retouching our henna tattoos (which are fading really quickly than we had expected) with "permanent" washable markers, we decided to find a way to make use of the space. We finally decided to adjust and make it a theater-in-the-round so it wouldn't be such a hassle. After adjustment, we immediately changed into our white shirts and basically just hung around. Pasta and vodka, yum.

A few minutes before 9pm, we started warming up in front of our meager audience. Hahaha, I have to admit, it felt like a DTR. But we managed to discuss certain notes about that performance.

By the way, thanks to Carms and Jay for taking the time to come and watch!

More people came in time for the 10pm show, including Ian and Blonski. Enough of the DTR treatment. Haha, it's so funny how we quipped after both performances about how "light" it was. After the 2nd show, we all gathered around Ian so we can all listen to what he had to say about what we did. The other spectators also joined in on the discussion, making things more animated, and somewhat hilarious. Yes, this is a "light" piece, hahaha.

For those who are curious about our performance piece, we'll be performing Para hindi mo ito maintindihan tomorrow night at Mag:net Katipunan as part of Happy Mondays Poetry Night. We'll be performing at 10pm, so please come and watch!

Para hindi mo ito maintindihan is written by Jenny Logico, performed by Betty Uy-Regala, Christine Cadlum, Opaline Rae Santos and Jenny Logico. Henna tattoo designs by Aba Lluch Dalena, online poster design by Allan Alcantara, and photographs by Ria Torrente.