A community devised theatre performance based on stories and poetry from the Filipino-Canadian Communityof Lower Mainland, British Columbia.
Short compilation of casts’ interviewsOpening Water Chant / Tubig – JR Guerrero, vocalsThe Island Greets Me – Marc Perez, writer; Anjela Eunice Magpa, actor; Edgar Olaguer, guitar
Fisher Folk and the Marcos regime – Pauline Adalid, video editor; Edgar Olaguer, guitar; Eri Kikuchi, bamboo kubig; JR Guerrero, rainstick; videos from digital archives of PhilippinesCompilation of Migration Stories – Cast: Abigail Padilla, Viktor Atiencia, Jeremiah Carag, Mariel Olaguer, Edgar Olaguer; Eri Kikuchi, sound recordingWhat Makes You the Happiest, Apo / Grandchild – Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell, writer/singer; Eri Kikuchi, composer; Edgar Olaguer, guitar; Mai Nguyen, cello; JR Guerrero, percussion;cast, vocal ensemble
In These Waters / Ni Ining Tubig – Christopher Nasaire, writer; Eri Kikuchi, composer;Jeremiah Carag, vocals; Edgar Olaguer, guitar; Mai Nguyen, celloCompilation of Migration Stories – Eri Kikuchi, Mai Nguyen, Oswald Pingol, Edgar Olaguer; Eri Kikuchi, sound recordingCon Amore Mi Madre / With Love My Mother, Juan de Anchieta – Jeremiah Carag, vocals & Eri Kikuchi, pianoBituing Marikit / Beautiful Star, Nicanor Abelardo – Jeremiah Carag, vocals & Eri Kikuchi, pianoAng Pandak / A Tagalog rendition of Short People by Randy Newman – Parodized/arranged by Darren Vega; Edgar Olaguer, guitar; Eri Kikuchi, piano; JR Guerrero, percussion; vocal ensemble: Abigail Padilla, Mariel Olaguer, Sherine Menes, Dr. Leonora Angeles, Anna De Pansacola, Eleanore Guerrero-Campbell, Susan De Guzman, Jeremiah Carag, Oswald Pingol, Ted Ngkaion, Viktor AtienciaCompilation of Migration Stories – Cast: Sherine Menes, Susan De Guzman, Ted Ngkaion, Dr. Leonora Angeles; Eri Kikuchi, sound recordingSoft Earth – Christopher Nasaire, writer; Anjela Eunice Magpa, actor; Eri Kikuchi, pianoKapitana Dies (Snowdrops) – Eri Kikuchi, piano/composerFinal Proseysyon – Christopher Nasaire, writer; Edgar Olaguer, guitar; Mai Nguyen, cello; JR Guerrero, percussion; Eri Kikuhchi, composer/pianist; ensemble: Ted Ngkaion, Jeremiah Carag, Viktor Atiencia, Oswald Pingol, Mirabel De GuzmanResponse to Art and the Future – Allen Baylosis, Assistant Director; Alvin Tolentino, Dance Director; Dennis Gupa, Director; Eri Kikuchi, sound recording
About
buto/buto (pronounced: buh’toh-buh’toh) : bones are seeds is a collection of scenes dramatizing the stories of the first Filipinos who came to Canada through the 1791 Malaspina Expedition, the 19th-century Filipinos on Bowen Island, BC, and the current Filipino community of Lower Mainland, BC. The all-Asian cast contributes their own migration stories into the script, as the director, Dennis Gupa, and three playwrights deconstructs the stories alongside the history of Filipino migration to Canada.
The theatre production was produced by the National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Center (NPC3), and the Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Society (SEACHS), with special participation of Anyone Can Act Theatre (ACAT). The producers of the project is extremely grateful for the enormous funds given by the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, the City of Vancouver, community donors and friends.
This production was situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation).
Eri Kikuchi 