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A Woman and an Immigrant, but Most of All, a Scientist: Musical “Marie Curie” Review

Posted 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...

Searching for the Origin of the Korean Wave: The Nanhee’s MIMAJI!

Posted 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...

Battle Of The Sexes In The Midst Of A Refugee Crisis In Korea: “Big Love” By Ets (Eye To Soul)

Posted 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...

Love, Labor, Loop: (Object’s) Life according to Geumhyung Jeong

Posted 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...

Eunkyung Jeong Elucidates Enlightenment in Her Autobiographical Installation

Posted 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...

“Self Life Drawing” – Eunkyung Jeong

Posted 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...

Entering “Yellow Inn”: A Conversation Between the Playwright and Translator, Part 2

Posted 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...

Entering “Yellow Inn”: A Conversation Between the Playwright and Translator, Part 1

Posted 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...

Navigating Korea and America: Meet Hansol Jung, Playwright of “Wild Goose Dreams” and “Cardboard Piano”

Posted 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...

Thinking Out Loud

Posted 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...

Korean Theatre at The Edinburgh Fringe 2018: “About Lady White Fox with Nine Tales . . .”

Posted 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...

“Deep Present” – Jisun Kim Stages Four Artificial Intelligences

Posted 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...

Following The #MeToo Movement In Korean Theatre

Posted 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...

Electra Takes Revenge into Her Own Hands

Posted 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...

Bronze Statues And Memories: Returning Home In “The Musician And The Girl”

Posted 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...

Searching For Lost Artists In “A Song Of Dewdrops”

Posted 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...

“Goodbye, Mr. Yi Sang”: Seoul Performing Arts Company’s New Experiment

Posted 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....

SIFA’s “Trojan Women”: An Allegory For Modern Times

Posted 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...

Finding Common Language: Paul Tate DePoo III Brings His Set Design For “Titanic” To Seoul, South Korea

Posted 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...

Leaving For Good: Two New Plays On Korean Immigrants And The Cold War | Part 2

Posted 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...

South Korea

A Woman and an Immigrant, but Most of All, a Scientist: Musical “Marie Curie” Review

Searching for the Origin of the Korean Wave: The Nanhee’s MIMAJI!

Battle Of The Sexes In The Midst Of A Refugee Crisis In Korea: “Big Love” By Ets (Eye To Soul)

Love, Labor, Loop: (Object’s) Life according to Geumhyung Jeong

Eunkyung Jeong Elucidates Enlightenment in Her Autobiographical Installation

“Self Life Drawing” – Eunkyung Jeong

Entering “Yellow Inn”: A Conversation Between the Playwright and Translator, Part 2

Entering “Yellow Inn”: A Conversation Between the Playwright and Translator, Part 1

Navigating Korea and America: Meet Hansol Jung, Playwright of “Wild Goose Dreams” and “Cardboard Piano”

Thinking Out Loud

Korean Theatre at The Edinburgh Fringe 2018: “About Lady White Fox with Nine Tales . . .”

“Deep Present” – Jisun Kim Stages Four Artificial Intelligences

Following The #MeToo Movement In Korean Theatre

Electra Takes Revenge into Her Own Hands

Bronze Statues And Memories: Returning Home In “The Musician And The Girl”

Searching For Lost Artists In “A Song Of Dewdrops”

“Goodbye, Mr. Yi Sang”: Seoul Performing Arts Company’s New Experiment

SIFA’s “Trojan Women”: An Allegory For Modern Times

Finding Common Language: Paul Tate DePoo III Brings His Set Design For “Titanic” To Seoul, South Korea

Leaving For Good: Two New Plays On Korean Immigrants And The Cold War | Part 2

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