“Goodbye, Mr. Yi Sang”: Seoul Performing Arts Company’s New Experiment
Theatre adaptations of novels are on the rise this season. Of course, this is nothing new....
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...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 20th Jan 2018 | Review, South Korea, Theatre and Politics
The word dongpo, a term that refers affectionately to the sizable Korean immigrant community...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 13th Jan 2018 | Review, South Korea, Theatre and Art, Transmedia
In 2007, visual artist Jewyo Rhii and curator Hyunjin Kim held an unusual exhibition titled Ten...
Read MorePosted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 2nd Jan 2018 | Interview, Musical Theatre, New York, South Korea, Transcultural Collaborations
To read Part I of the series on KPOP, click here. For the article, I spoke with Jason Kim and...
Read MorePosted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 1st Jan 2018 | Essay, Musical Theatre, New York, South Korea, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America
In the last few months of 2017, K-pop (Korean pop) has made it into U.S. news reports in two...
Read MorePosted by Kim Hyang | 31st Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Musical Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Opera
Audiences laughed throughout Ko Sun-woong’s new work Heungbo-ssi (written and directed by Ko...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 22nd Dec 2017 | Education, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea
Award-winning South Korean playwright and educator Ko Yeon-ok reflects about her teaching practice...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 22nd Dec 2017 | Education, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea
Award-winning South Korean playwright and educator Ko Yeon-ok reflects about her teaching practice...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 22nd Dec 2017 | Education, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea
Award-winning South Korean playwright and educator Ko Yeon-ok reflects on her teaching practice in...
Read MorePosted by Um Hyun-hee | 9th Dec 2017 | Documentary Theatre, LGBTQ Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Gender
Namsan Arts Center’s 2017 season opened with Censoring the Minority 2017 (written and directed by...
Read MorePosted by Lee Sang Woo | 26th Oct 2017 | Festivals, South Korea
May 5th, 2017. I am at the Algwahaek Theatre in Daehangno to see a show. But who am I, this person...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 31st Aug 2017 | Adaptation, Participatory Theatre, South Korea, Theatre and Politics
It has only been one hundred days into President Moon Jae-In’s administration, but the new...
Read MorePosted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 24th Jun 2017 | Interview, South Korea, Translation
Eunsung Kim is a South Korean playwright and the Director of Dalnara Dongbakkot Company. He was...
Read MorePosted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 16th Jun 2017 | Dramaturgy, South Korea, Translation
On Sunday, May 7, Korean playwright Kim Eunsung’s Sister Mok-Rahn was given a staged reading at...
Read MorePosted by Kim Soyeon | 8th Jun 2017 | Acting, Adaptation, Interview, South Korea, Translation
The Orphan of Zhao: Seeds of Revenge was staged again recently. The premiere production was an...
Read MorePosted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 30th May 2017 | Dramaturgy, Interview, South Korea, Transcultural Collaborations
Walter Byongsok Chon is an assistant professor of dramaturgy and theatre studies at Ithaca...
Read MorePosted by Fatma Khaled | 22nd May 2017 | South Korea, Theatre and Dance, Transcultural Collaborations
A Korean b-boying dance crew and a sand artist put on a show outside the Cairo Opera House in...
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