THEATER PLAY (MEDIUM)
TITLE: Ang Huling El Bimbo
Visual Components
1. What are the dominant
theatrical elements?
2. How are these employed in the
performance?
3. How do the dominant elements
affect you?
4. What are the dominant
techniques, principles or
conventions used in the play or
performance?
Dramatic component
1. What is the significance of the
central theme to you in terms of
personal? Historical, social, or
political value?
Literary component
1. What is the theme of the theater
play?
2. What are the other sub-themes
that affect the central theme?
Idea (meaning)
The song Ang huling el bimbo talks about a tragedy. Everyone deserves a
happy ending and the theater play will teach the viewer to let go and appreciate
1. The dominant elements that I
found were the theatre musical
ang huling el bimbo was a
jukebox musical based on the
band The Eraserheads.
2. These were employed in lyrical
narratives such as songs from
Eraserheads.
3. It is loaded with nostalgia and
then later in the play took a
downward spiral towards the
story. It is filled with regret, of
things that could have
happened.
4. Apart from Eraserheads, there
is also some scenes such as
‘pare Ko’ resembling a military
march.
1. A 90’s state university that
follows three boys at the
university.
1. Key theme in the theater play is
rape and sexual violence.
2. Other sub-themes are, poverty
and privilege, human trafficking,
gender, and social inequality.
 what happens inside the theater.

References:
Cancino, R., Lim, C. R., Francisco, N., & TheaterFansManila.com. (2019,
March 11). Review: "Ang Huling El Bimbo" is an elaborate elegy.
TheaterFansManila.com.