The 18th Virgin Labfest will run from June 7 to 25 at the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (CCP Blackbox Theater). The festival, considered the only festival in the country that showcases new and unstaged works, will feature 12 plays by seasoned and emerging playwrights and collaborations between veteran and emerging designers, actors, and directors.

This year's theme is "Hitik" and will set of with the usual four sets of new one-act plays.

Set A: Adulting 101 will feature "O" by Raymund Barcelon, "Regine: The Fairy Gaymother" by Chuck D. Smith and "10 To Midnight" by Juliene Mendoza.

Set B: REBELasyon includes "Ang Awit ng Dalagang Marmol" by Andrew Estacio, "Dominador Gonzales: National Artist" by Dingdong Novenario and "Tuloy Ang Palabas" by Layeta Bucoy.

Set C: YOLO features "Room 209" by Zheg Arban, "Hukay" by Ophalain Margaux Serrano and "Mga Halimaw Rin Kami" by Jules Pamisa.

The plays in Set D: Muwang include "Hawaii, Here We Come!" by Shenn Apilado, "O'Donnell" by Jerry O'Hara, and "Ang Tuyom" by Marjay Manalastas.

In Set E, three plays from the 2022 edition of the festival will be revisited, namely "Nay May Dala Akong Pansit" by Juan Ekis, "Punks Not Dead" by Andrew Bonifacio Clete, and "Fermata" by Dustin Celestino.

The festival will include staged readings and theater talks as well as a fair for playwrights where both young and experienced playwrights are able to share their writing experiences. The public is invited to attend these events, which will be held at the VLF Lounge located in the TIG Basement.

VLF began in 2005 as a collaboration between the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), The Writer's Bloc and Tanghalang Pilipino. The festival directors Tess Jamias, and Marco Viana, promise an outstanding lineup of bold new works with Filipino sensibilities.