A Woman and an Immigrant, but Most of All, a Scientist: Musical “Marie Curie” Review
Marie Curie, whose image as an unsmiling scientist wearing a high-necked, black dress has been...
Read MorePosted by Hansol Oh | 13th Jan 2021 | Musical Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Science
Marie Curie, whose image as an unsmiling scientist wearing a high-necked, black dress has been...
Read MorePosted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 1st Jan 2021 | Interview, Playwriting, South Korea
The Korean theatre company The Nanhee premiered its new production Mimaji!, written and directed...
Read MorePosted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 25th Jun 2020 | Adaptation, Interview, South Korea
The Korean theatre company ETS, which is an acronym for Eye To Soul, staged Charles Mee’s Big Love...
Read MorePosted by Eylül Fidan Akıncı | 7th Apr 2020 | Essay, Puppetry, South Korea, Transmedia
The history of puppetry is full of supernatural bodies on stage that dramatically or subtextually...
Read MorePosted by Rathsaran Sireekan | 27th Oct 2019 | Review, South Korea, Theatre and Gender
The Political Self of Beauty South Korean artist Eunkyung Jeong’s interdisciplinary work at...
Read MorePosted by Rathsaran Sireekan | 23rd Sep 2019 | Belgium, Festivals, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Politics
The political self of beauty South Korean artist Eunkyung Jeong’s interdisciplinary work at...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 15th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea, Theatre and Politics, Translation
To read Part 1 of this interview, click here. TRANSLATION AND ADAPTATION For the Illinois State...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 15th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea, Theatre and Politics, Translation
Interview and translation by Kee-Yoon Nahm with contributions from Laura Gisondi. Lee Kang-baek is...
Read MorePosted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 14th Feb 2019 | Interview, Playwriting, South Korea
Hansol Jung is a playwright and director from South Korea. Her plays include Wild Goose Dreams (La...
Read MorePosted by Jasper Delbecke and Sébastien Hendrickx | 18th Jan 2019 | Essay, South Korea, Transmedia
Essayisting Figures On Stage The influence of the essay as a means of expression has long reached...
Read MorePosted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 18th Aug 2018 | Adaptation, Festivals, Interview, South Korea
Korean theatre company YVUA ARTS makes their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with About Lady White...
Read MorePosted by Claire Swyzen | 16th Jun 2018 | Directing, Review, South Korea, Transmedia
A shallow learning-play In Deep Present (2018) Seoul-based director Jisun Kim stages four...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 20th May 2018 | Interview, South Korea, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics
In the past few months, the Korean theatre scene has been under intense public scrutiny as...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 11th May 2018 | Adaptation, Review, South Korea
In Han Tae-sook’s Electra (LG Arts Center, April 26–May 5, 2018), the mourning daughter doesn’t...
Read MorePosted by Kim Namseok | 21st Apr 2018 | Review, South Korea
Busan. Once a small, quiet town and the Joseon Kingdom’s first open port, it changed completely in...
Read MorePosted by Song Minsook | 7th Apr 2018 | Musical Theatre, Review, South Korea
I went to the Seoul Donhwamun Traditional Theatre in early November, the night of the first full...
Read MorePosted by Lee Chin-A | 24th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Immersive Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Dance
Theatre adaptations of novels are on the rise this season. Of course, this is nothing new....
Read MorePosted by Elaine Chiew | 19th Feb 2018 | Review, South Korea, Theatre and Opera
Euripides’ play Trojan Women has been adapted and performed numerous times around the world, from...
Read MorePosted by Michael Schweikardt | 9th Feb 2018 | Design, Interview, Musical Theatre, South Korea
I love Titanic, the sweeping Broadway musical with a book by Peter Stone and a score by Maury...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 26th Jan 2018 | Review, South Korea, Theatre and Politics
This is Part 2 of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here. From Caregiver to Citizen The Nurses, Who...
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