“[Njel de Mesa’s] SUBTEXT showed a sensitivity, humor, preciseness and innovative use of language one would expect from an artist much older.”
-Starweek Mag, Main feature
“His story is poignant, telling us that even though we are down in the doldrums and contemplating about ending it all, we’ll always have someone who will care and be there for us. We just need to open our eyes to find them.”
-Fudge review on Deus Ex Machina
“Njel de Mesa’s award winning play translates very well onstage. It is Filipino wordplay at its best, and it’s where the playwright’s inventiveness shines through. De Mesa wields a mighty pen, if it has the power to get audiences lost for breath even as they’re just in their seats.”
-Mayee Corpin, ClicktheCity.com review on I Laugh You
“Young local playwright Njel de Mesa’s versatile comedic wit is inimitable, it is both at once, classic and fresh.”
-FU Magazine on Starring Miss Lea Salonda
“[Starring Miss Lea Salonda] flourishes in characterizing the pretentious audience and the presumptuous artists in a world where accents are fake, stories are inconsequential, and stage shows are glamorous and stylized simply because life’s shows’ are just too much to bear/bare.”
-Chito Domingo, Fudge review
“The most prolific playwright of this generation!”
-Fudge Magazine feature
“Wit and repartee are good for One Act plays and Win-win has these…”
-Fudge Magazine review on Win-Win
“A trio of ingenious, oh-so-real scenes on the layers of meaning conveyed by words…[his] literal play of words moves from text misunderstanding to unspoken, heartfelt messages discovered by chance.”
-Sunday Inquirer Magazine
“Witty, light and real!”
-Fudge Magazine review on Old Apologies
“Magnificent in its own way because it encourages the audience to participate in the onstage process[…] His plays are personal and […] truly exceptional in terms of the arts!”
-Fudge Magazine Review on Over and Over
“Perfect Storytelling!”
-Eunice Malijan, review on Desu Ex Machina
“Uniquely inspiring for the work of God at hand!”
-ICM Links commentary on Jesus Cries
“The narrative itself takes centerstage!”
-Rebelpixel.com
“10 Minuto Bago Makaraos gives a whole new meaning to toilet humor. The laughs mostly come from the well written script and the precious timing of each element of the story. A perfect combination of wit, drama (the audience was moved to silent tears in some parts), a bit parallel social relevance and hilarity.”
-Aina Luna, Fudge Mag Yr.2 Iss.6 Feb2006
“Funny and thought-provoking!”
-REAL Living Magazine
“Njel de Mesa’s play Starring Miss Lea SalonDa is one play that dauntlessly addresses the most painful issues about the local theater scene. It questions, scoffs, provokes, taunts, jests, and even brags at local theater practices and conditions that the audience might not be aware of. It is definitely an eye-opener. Cleverly written with ‘trying-hard-british-inflection’ in mind, the show is absolutely funny but it may take some time before you actually get the joke. This sort-of-a-theater primer will not really star you-know-who but it drives home the point that it is the material in the end that gets the artistic job done (and not some supahstah). Heighten your intellect on this one, brit-humor plus Pinoy-slapstick equals one guffawing show for one and all.”
-ClicktheCity.com, Arts & Culture feature, Oct2005
“A tender, humorous study of the power of suppressed dreams and longings… snappy dialogue interspersed with mushy but moving moments bring back the bittersweetness of lost love.”
-Troy Barrios, Fudge Mag review on Somnambulism
“Matapos ang Yihee is a new play from the ingenious mind of Njel de Mesa who gave us the hit ‘Subtext’ and the one man monologue of ‘Over and Over’. […] Njel and the people in Koiné do know the specific things in life that keeps the world turning and keeps our life interesting as well.”
-Eunice Malijan, Fudge Mag review on Matapos ang Yihee
“The denouement is touching, laugh-till-you-cry, and true –which is why this one-act play deserved its extended run (and probably should go on a campus tour to remind the senoritas and senoritos that not everyone from the province who works as a maid is dimwitted—they just have a different way of thinking).”
-Anna Gan, Fudge Mag review on Ayayayayaya! Sept 2006
-Starweek Mag, Main feature
“His story is poignant, telling us that even though we are down in the doldrums and contemplating about ending it all, we’ll always have someone who will care and be there for us. We just need to open our eyes to find them.”
-Fudge review on Deus Ex Machina
“Njel de Mesa’s award winning play translates very well onstage. It is Filipino wordplay at its best, and it’s where the playwright’s inventiveness shines through. De Mesa wields a mighty pen, if it has the power to get audiences lost for breath even as they’re just in their seats.”
-Mayee Corpin, ClicktheCity.com review on I Laugh You
“Young local playwright Njel de Mesa’s versatile comedic wit is inimitable, it is both at once, classic and fresh.”
-FU Magazine on Starring Miss Lea Salonda
“[Starring Miss Lea Salonda] flourishes in characterizing the pretentious audience and the presumptuous artists in a world where accents are fake, stories are inconsequential, and stage shows are glamorous and stylized simply because life’s shows’ are just too much to bear/bare.”
-Chito Domingo, Fudge review
“The most prolific playwright of this generation!”
-Fudge Magazine feature
“Wit and repartee are good for One Act plays and Win-win has these…”
-Fudge Magazine review on Win-Win
“A trio of ingenious, oh-so-real scenes on the layers of meaning conveyed by words…[his] literal play of words moves from text misunderstanding to unspoken, heartfelt messages discovered by chance.”
-Sunday Inquirer Magazine
“Witty, light and real!”
-Fudge Magazine review on Old Apologies
“Magnificent in its own way because it encourages the audience to participate in the onstage process[…] His plays are personal and […] truly exceptional in terms of the arts!”
-Fudge Magazine Review on Over and Over
“Perfect Storytelling!”
-Eunice Malijan, review on Desu Ex Machina
“Uniquely inspiring for the work of God at hand!”
-ICM Links commentary on Jesus Cries
“The narrative itself takes centerstage!”
-Rebelpixel.com
“10 Minuto Bago Makaraos gives a whole new meaning to toilet humor. The laughs mostly come from the well written script and the precious timing of each element of the story. A perfect combination of wit, drama (the audience was moved to silent tears in some parts), a bit parallel social relevance and hilarity.”
-Aina Luna, Fudge Mag Yr.2 Iss.6 Feb2006
“Funny and thought-provoking!”
-REAL Living Magazine
“Njel de Mesa’s play Starring Miss Lea SalonDa is one play that dauntlessly addresses the most painful issues about the local theater scene. It questions, scoffs, provokes, taunts, jests, and even brags at local theater practices and conditions that the audience might not be aware of. It is definitely an eye-opener. Cleverly written with ‘trying-hard-british-inflection’ in mind, the show is absolutely funny but it may take some time before you actually get the joke. This sort-of-a-theater primer will not really star you-know-who but it drives home the point that it is the material in the end that gets the artistic job done (and not some supahstah). Heighten your intellect on this one, brit-humor plus Pinoy-slapstick equals one guffawing show for one and all.”
-ClicktheCity.com, Arts & Culture feature, Oct2005
“A tender, humorous study of the power of suppressed dreams and longings… snappy dialogue interspersed with mushy but moving moments bring back the bittersweetness of lost love.”
-Troy Barrios, Fudge Mag review on Somnambulism
“Matapos ang Yihee is a new play from the ingenious mind of Njel de Mesa who gave us the hit ‘Subtext’ and the one man monologue of ‘Over and Over’. […] Njel and the people in Koiné do know the specific things in life that keeps the world turning and keeps our life interesting as well.”
-Eunice Malijan, Fudge Mag review on Matapos ang Yihee
“The denouement is touching, laugh-till-you-cry, and true –which is why this one-act play deserved its extended run (and probably should go on a campus tour to remind the senoritas and senoritos that not everyone from the province who works as a maid is dimwitted—they just have a different way of thinking).”
-Anna Gan, Fudge Mag review on Ayayayayaya! Sept 2006
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