Ness Roque
Ness Roque (b. 1991, Angeles City, Philippines), is a theater and film actor, performance dramaturg, and educator based in Metro Manila.
Recent touring productions include "Traveling Tongues" (Kyoto Experiment, Taipei Arts Festival; 2024-Present), Toshiki Okada's "The Window of Spaceship 'In-Between'" (Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels 2024, Festival d'Automne Paris 2024, Toyooka Int'l Theater Festival 2025).
She is part of Salikhain Kolektib, an interdisciplinary collective integrating participatory art and research practices, community engagement, and education into various projects in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific Region.
Leading performances for film include Raya Martin's How to Disappear Completely (Museum of Modern Art - MoMA 2017, Locarno 2013) and Now Showing (Cannes Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2008).
CV
Education
2022 - Present / Tokyo University of the Arts (PhD)
2020 - 2022 / Tokyo University of the Arts (MA)
2007 - 2011 / Ateneo de Manila University (BA)
2003 - 2007 / Philippine High School for the Arts
Grants & Awards
2025 / Ikuo Hirayama Award for Culture and the Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2022 / Best MA Thesis Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2021 / Muto Mai Research Grant
2019 - 2025 / MEXT Scholarship
2018 / LMDA Honourable Mention
(Award for Outstanding Dramaturgy)
Exhibitions & Festivals
2025 - Camping Asia
2025 - east east tokyo art fair
2025 - Autumn Meteorite Festival Tokyo
2025 - Kyoto Experiment
2024 - Taipei Arts Festival
2022 - documenta fifteen
2021 - Asian Performing Arts Farm - Exhibition
2020 - Asian Performing Arts Farm - Lab
2019 - Bangkok Intl Performing Arts Meeting
2017 - Karnabal Festival
Publications
2025 - GA Journal
2023 - Asian Dramaturgs' Network Book
2022 - bauhaus dessau e-journal
2021 - FREE-Lances Volume 1