Following a largely sold-out run, Porvenir’s El Fuego del Alma returns this October for a special benefit run at Circuit Makati as part of its ARTober celebration.
Porvenir, in partnership with ArtDirected, brings its Filipino adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke to Art Directed Studio, located at the Upper Level of Circuit Lane, next to Blackbox Theater, Ayala Malls Circuit, Makati, for eight performances on October 24–25 and 30–31, 2026.
The Circuit Makati engagement marks a new chapter for the production as it moves into a larger, 100-seat space and welcomes a new audience in Makati.
Rather than simply transferring the original staging, the company will reimagine El Fuego del Alma for Art Directed Studio, responding to the architecture and possibilities of its new home while retaining the intimacy that defined its original run.
The production will reunite its original cast for the Circuit Makati engagement. While the staging will be adapted to the new venue, audiences can expect the same ensemble of performers who brought the characters and their stories to life during the production’s previous run.
“This invitation gives us the opportunity to discover the production again,” says director and dramaturg Mark Mirando. “El Fuego del Alma was created in close proximity to its audience, so bringing it into a new space means asking new questions about how the audience encounters the story. More than extending the run, we want this version to belong specifically to Circuit Makati.”
Translated into Filipino by award-winning playwright Eljay Castro Deldoc and directed by Mirando, El Fuego del Alma reimagines Williams’ play for Filipino audiences.
At the heart of the play is a struggle between the spiritual and the physical, between desire and restraint, and between the lives people are expected to lead and the lives they secretly long for.
The ARTober performances will also serve as a benefit run for Porvenir. Proceeds from the engagement will support the company’s plans to bring its work beyond Metro Manila through a regional tour.
“For us, reaching a larger audience also means looking beyond Manila,” Mirando adds. “We want this run to help us take the next step toward bringing the production to audiences in other parts of the country.”
El Fuego del Alma runs at Art Directed Studio, Upper Level, Circuit Lane (next to Blackbox Theater), Ayala Malls Circuit, Makati. Shows are October 24, Saturday, and October 25, Sunday, 3 and 7 pm; October 30, Friday, at 7 pm; and October 31, Saturday, 1, 3, and 7 pm.
Early bird tickets are priced at ₱1,000, while regular tickets are ₱1,250. Tickets are available at https://tinyurl.com/EFDACircuit
El Fuego del Alma is presented by Porvenir in partnership with ArtDirected, as part of Circuit Makati’s ARTober celebration, with Circuit Makati, ARTober, Art Directed, and Ayala Malls Circuit as event partners.
