Make Summer Exciting With Trumpets Workshop!

Trumpets Playshop. You’ve probably seen them every year, or thought of us when summer workshops come to mind. You’ve pondered whether or not to join a musical theater class, or try your luck at striking poses for the runway! Enrolled in one of ours street dance or public speaking classes, or even upgraded to becoming part of Playhouse – the advanced level of musical theater workshops. But where did it all begin and how it manage to become a home for so many in the theater industry? 

Trumpets Playshop was born as a product of TRUMPETS INC, the Philippine’s first Christian Theater company, and creators of well loved musicals such as Joseph the Dreamer, The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, The Little Mermaid, First Name, and The Bluebird of Happiness to name a few. With Trumpets Inc, led by passionate and brilliant minds - Theater King, Audie Gemora, and business maverick, Butch Jimenez – Trumpets Playshop, its educational arm, was born. Since it’s humble beginnings in 1993, Playshop has proven to be a home that kids, teens, and grown-ups return to every summer to discover and explore their multiple talents in the performing arts such as acting, singing, dancing, hosting and modeling. And since then, it has grown and provided a wholesome, productive and enjoyable experience for its students for more than two solid decades.

ART IS A BANG: The Bluebird of Happiness

Where does or find true happiness? 

It's a very complicated question that both young and old find it hard to answer. There are a lot of possibilities and deviations to answer it. Trumpets Inc answers that with their musical comeback stage play of "The Bluebird of Happiness" held at the Meralco Theater. 

This musical though based from a Belgian play "The Blue Bird" by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinckhas been made into an original production by Trumpets. With book & lyrics by Jaime del Mundo and music by Rony Fortichand, it is a fitting story for the family as Christmas is fast approaching. Its about the tale of siblings Tyltyl and Mytyl as they journey into lands of fantasy and imagination to find the Bluebird that brings true happiness. They will go through a lot of colorful characters that will lead them or distract them to find the bird and find the real meaning of happiness.

ART IS A BANG: Trumpets returns with the magical musical The Bluebird of Happiness

What happens when two kids embark on a magical adventure to find happiness?

The Bluebird of Happiness follows the unforgettable adventure of poor kids Mytyl and Tyltyl search of a mythical creature called the bluebird of happiness. They are accompanied by their dog, their cat, and a candle in human form named "Light" who help them on their journey. Together, they explore wondrous and mysterious lands and meet interesting and enchanted characters in their quest for true happiness.

They visit "The Land of Memory" where they encounter their long dead grandparents, "The Palace of Night" where nightmares and horrors creep from dark corners, "The Forest" filled with trees who have a grudge against humans, "The Land of Luxury" that holds all kinds of riches and bounty, and "The Land of the Future" where sadness is unknown and “The Graveyard” where they must face their worst fears. Despite of all the places they visit they end up where they started and find that the "Bluebird of Happiness" is right in their own home.