Four Korea-related exhibitions are taking place as part of London Craft Week. You already know about the first two: 1. Icheon and Beyond — The Space Within Form … already installed at the Korean Cultural Centre. 2. Cherry Blossom Project Opening at the Garden Museum on 28 April. And the other two: 3. Origin of Materials, … [Read More]
Category: Festivals
ScreaM Records, Seoul Community Radio and Korea Nights at SXSW London
ScreaM Records: 2 June, 5:00 – 9:00pm, XOYO (Room 1) K-Pop | Electronic | House | UK Garage K-POP ScreaM is the world’s first global K-POP rave party. ScreaM Records began this concept by presenting SHOWME, the world’s first online DJ performance project that combines K-POP and dance music. This project gained immense popularity, with … [Read More]
Korean films at Queer East 2026
Last year’s Queer East festival closed with one of my favourite films of the year – Edhi Alice. This year it offers the opportunity to see two Korea-related documentaries and another of my favourite features from last year, 3670. There are also three Korean shorts screening. Altogether a tempting line-up, and that’s before you consider … [Read More]
KCCUK exhibition: Icheon and Beyond — The Space Within Form
The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK), in collaboration with the City of Icheon, is delighted to present Icheon and Beyond: The Space Within Form, an exhibition exploring the philosophical and material foundations of Korean ceramics. Rooted in the rich heritage of Icheon — a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art — the exhibition … [Read More]
Festival of Korean Dance 2026 – programme details announced
Here’s the official press release for the 2026 Festival of Korean dance. This year, festival returns to the Tramway in Glasgow, as well as touring to Bournemouth, Salford and Newcastle. A Festival of Korean Dance tours five venues in its ninth year 2025 Olivier Award nominee Young-doo Jung presents a new work inspired by the … [Read More]
2026 Festival of Korean Dance on tour
As in previous years, the Festival of Korean Dance is going on tour, taking in venues in Bournemouth, Salford, Manchester and Glasgow. The tour schedule is set out below. Date Programme Venue / ticket link Wed 13 May, 7:30pm GRAVITY by Ryu and Friends Tramway, Glasgow Fri 15 May, 7:30pm Burnt Offering by 99 Art … [Read More]
K-Dance 2026: Voyage / Hakkō by Korea National Contemporary Dance Company
Festival favourite Korea National Contemporary Dance Company (KNCDC) returns with a contrasting double bill which showcases the talent and precision of the company’s dancers, including the latest work from choreographer Young-doo Jung since his 2025 Olivier Award nomination for Lear at the Barbican. In Jung’s Voyage, a solitary spacecraft moves towards a singular point. Drawing inspiration from the Voyager deep-space probes launched in 1977 … [Read More]
K-Dance 2026: GRAVITY by Ryu and Friends
Swept up by an invisible force, an eleven-strong company shakes, scatters and spins in a spectacular extraterrestrial dance. GRAVITY is a work about relationships between all matter; the push and pull, the chaos, the harmony, the awe and the grace, of life in the universe. Experimental choreographer Jang-hyun Ryu stages a universe in motion where energy mutates, transforms … [Read More]
K-Dance 2026: Abyss / Ekah by 99 Art Company
99 Art Company returns to the UK following 2024’s audience favourite Burnt Offering which won the Grand Prize at the 2024 Seoul Arts Awards, with a double-bill exploring the power of art to connect and drive change. Abyss draws on the principles of traditional Korean dance and contemporary movement to explore ‘han’ — a deep, … [Read More]
Spontaneous improvisation, exhilarating energy: Won Il prepares Dionysus Robot for London
Won Il discusses his career over the past decade, including leading the Gyeonggi Sinawi Orchestra and developing Dionysus Robot, getting its UK premiere at K-Music 2025. He outlines his Sinawi-style composing, collaboration across disciplines, use of video and improvisation, Olympic ceremony experience, and the work’s evolving international versions, aiming to energise audiences through ritual, sound, and movement. [Read More]
London Korean Film Festival 2025 – the detailed schedule
The 20th London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) returns from 5–18 November 2025, featuring Cinema Now, Women’s Voices, a Special Screening, and Dramas of Resistance: The 80th Anniversary of Liberation, a programme co-organised with the Korean Film Archive. You can find the official press release launching the festival here. Below you’ll find a summary of the screenings in the … [Read More]
London Korean Film Festival Announces 2025 Programme
Here’s the official press release for this year’s London Korean Film Festival, released today. This year’s festival is the 20th organised by the KCCUK. You can find the detailed schedule here. London Korean Film Festival announces programme for special 20th anniversary edition Opening Gala (World Premiere) – Frosted Window by acclaimed director Kim Jong-kwan, followed … [Read More]
London East Asia Film Festival announces 2025 festival dates
The London East Asia Film Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Join them from 23rd October to 2nd November for an exciting lineup of films, events, and special programmes. Here’s the schedule of Korean screenings in the festival, followed by synopses of the Korean screenings and finally the official press release. Date / … [Read More]
K-Music Festival 2025: an introduction
As October approaches, it’s time to start looking forward to what has become one of the mainstays of the Autumn cultural calendar: the K-Music Festival. LKL take a look at the acts that we’ll be seeing this October and November. [Read More]
Korean films at the 2025 BFI London Film Festival
We welcomed the strong Korean film line-up at the inaugural SXSW festival earlier this year, and wondered what would be left for the more established festivals in the Autumn. Well, the BFI have secured a couple of good ones: Park Chan-wook’s latest, which has been securing rave reviews since its Venice premiere last week; and … [Read More]
Yoon Ga-eun’s “The World of Love” in BFI London Film Festival official competition
The full programme of the 2025 London Film Festival will be unveiled on 3 September, but today the ten films selected to screen in the festival’s Official Competition were announced. Included in the list is Yoon Ga-eun’s The World of Love. Yoon has charmed us with her previous movies, which focus on the lives and … [Read More]