Jon Santos in back-to-back performances
Multimedia artist, comedy icon, and master impersonator Jon Santos will reprise his role as The Sandbox Collective restages a strictly limited run of its hit one-act play, “Bawa’t Bonggang Bagay” (BBB).
Presented by The Sandbox Collective’s new arm, Sandbox Co.labs, in partnership with Ayala Land and Circuit Makati, BBB will bring back its hilarious and heartwarming portrayal of love, loss, and mental health to Filipino audiences.
In celebration of Pride Month 2025, BBB returns after its sold-out engagements in 2023 and 2024. This year’s BBB also marks Santos’ fourth run of the show.
“Bawa’t Bonggang Bagay” is the Filipino-translated staging of Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe’s “Every Brilliant Thing.” Award-winning playwright, translator, actor, and director Guelan Luarca worked on its translation and original staging in 2023.
BBB is an intimate and interactive play that follows the story of a young child growing up with a parent suffering from mental illness. The show continues the conversation on mental health by bringing real and pressing issues to the forefront, and by creating a safe and communal space where audiences become part and parcel of the storytelling.
Jenny Jamora will once again be stepping in as director, having directed all of the previous runs, and winning Outstanding Stage Direction for a Play at the 12th Gawad Buhay Awards.
Joining Jamora on the production team are Marcel David as assistant director, Mark Dalacat as set designer, Kiefer Sison as lighting designer, Arvy Dimaculangan as sound designer, Yabs Yabut as technical director, GA Fallarme as projections designer, KC Kane as costume stylist, Charyl De Guzman as production manager, and IJ Romero as stage manager.
BBB will run at the Power Mac Center Spotlight Black Box Theater in Circuit Makati from June 14 to June 22, 2025. Tickets are now available at TicketWorld via bit.ly/bbonggab25.
“Bawa’t Bonggang Bagay” (Every Brilliant Thing) is licensed through Concord Theatricals.
After this run, Santos will take the stage once more in “Side Show: The Musical.” Santos opens the sideshow as “The Boss,” who takes the reins and introduces us to the mystical world of the freaks, led by the Hilton twins.
Set in 1930s America, “Side Show: The Musical” is a fictional depiction of the life and times of real-life conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, who found fame and notoriety in the vaudeville circuit in the 1920 and 1930s.
After mounting critically acclaimed productions of musicals “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Next to Normal,” The Sandbox Collective, under managing artistic director Toff de Venecia’s direction, will be staging “Side Show: The Musical” in July 2025.
Joining De Venecia on the artistic team is Ejay Yatco, serving as musical director. Rounding out the artistic team will be Mark Dalacat as assistant director and set designer, Carlos Siongco as costume designer, Gabo Tolentino as lighting designer, and JM Cabling as choreographer.
“Side Show: The Musical” will open on July 26, 2025 and will run until August 17, 2025 at the Power Mac Center Spotlight Black Box Theater, Circuit Makati. Cast, ticketing, and show buying information will be released in the coming days. “Side “Show: The Musical” is licensed through Concord Theatricals.
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