Theater group to stage ‘Les Miserables’

HAVING the passion to perform and to educate Cebuanos about the beauty of theater prompted the members of a local theater group to hold another musical play.

The Cre8tive Thespians Club Inc. will restage the “Les Miserables,” the infamous novel authored by French writer Victor Hugo, on Jan. 27-29 at the Marcelo Fernan Press Center in sitio Sudlon, barangay Lahug, Cebu City.

Last September 2010, the club produced “1832: The Musicale,” a musical play adapted from “Les Miserables.”

CTC is a non-profit organization composed of students and young professionals who have banded together for the love of theater.

“The theater group is more into musical plays,” said Cinderella Ruiz, documentation and publication officer.

Sonny Alquizola, founder and artistic director of CTC, said they chose “Les Miserables” because “it is a story worth telling and retelling.”

Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables” is based on one of the greatest novels of the 19th century.

The show is for the benefit of the Cebu Cancer Fight, Inc., a support group for cancer patients, cancer survivors, their families and caregivers.

Three shows will be performed per day. Two matinees at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and a gala at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the matinee shows are available at P200 for non-students and P150 for students. For gala shows, tickets are at P300 for non-students and P200 for students.

Aside from producing stage plays like “Anastacia” and “Rhapsody,” CTC also hones talents in directing, stage managing, production designing, choral singing, dancing, choreography and other skills performing arts.

For inquiries, contact the club at 0932-1836183. /Correspondent Tweeny Malinao