Ernest invited me last week to watch Rep's Pinocchio with him today. We met up for lunch at Kimpura in Glorietta before going to the theater. Mmmm... and to think I was craving for sushi yesterday, hahaha.

When we got to Onstage, we found Tita Menchu in the lobby while we were in line to claim our tickets. Anyway, when we were already seated, we started wondering who would be playing Pinocchio that afternoon. I mean, yeah, Liesl Batucan's been acting in practically all of Rep's shows, but I'd like to see one that's she's not in.

Sure enough, Pinocchio was played by Liesl. At first, Ernest and I were chuckling quietly in our seats while she was being dragged by Mai-Mai (Angelina) towards Tito Bonggoy (Gepetto). But when they started playing with the strings, holy kamote, she really did look like a stringed marionette! A-mazing.

The sets were pretty good too. They really maximized the use of the theater. Flys and flats galore. Very well thought of. I specially liked how Pinocchio slid inside the huge whale. Literally. Hahaha, there was a slide behind the whale flat to show that he got swallowed up.

Yay, I finally have that Wicked video! Plus I got to borrow a video of Boy From Oz as well! Thank you, Ernest!

Hahaha, so the moment I got home, I popped Wicked into my player. Holy kamote, I fell in love with it.