Missed the show?

CCP Channel gives access to films, original productions, rare performances

- Brontë H. Lacsamana

IF YOU MISSED a play you really wanted to watch or wish you could see a performance from a few years back again, there is a way to do it.

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) has launched the CCP Channel, an online streaming platform that provides easy access to award-winning films, original productions, and rare performances uncovered from the archives, among others.

The platform aims to “showcase the best of Filipino creativity,” drawn from recordings of shows streamed in recent years during the pandemic as well as older footage from decades past.

"There has always been a general feeling or misgiving that not too many people get to watch live shows in general. The number of people who can watch a live show is limited by the seating capacity of the venue and the limited runs, so there’s always been that desire for outstanding shows that more people could watch,” said Dennis Marasigan, artistic director of the CCP, in a Zoom interview with Business World.

“I think, because of the experience during the pandemic where people were able to watch shows that are videotaped and streamed live, there was a feeling of, 'why can’t the CCP do that, make performances available to more people?'”