MANILA, Philippines - Gantimpala Theater’s Ibong Adarna, one of the Philippines most popular folk tales, flies high with a new script by Edgar Maranan, under the direction of Roobak Valle. This play ...

“The goal is to get as many students as possible to watch it,” said actor-director Jun Urbano of his adaptation of “Ibong Adarna.” The 18th-century epic about a magical bird is required reading ...

“Ibong Adarna” is the oldest and best-known epic poem in Philippine literature. It is about an enchanted bird, the Ibong Adarna, identified as the Philippine trogon (Harpactes ardens) common in the ...