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Edinburgh 2008

Cho-in Theatre previews their return to Edinburgh

by Philip Gowman on 2 July, 2008

in Edinburgh 2008, KCCUK, Physical theatre & mime

The Cho-in Theatre Company ended their two-week tour of England at the KCC on Monday. They’re now off to the Avignon Festival before returning for their now regular slot at the Edinburgh Fringe in August.
Cho-in was founded in 2002 by Chung-euy Park. It has a wily eye on the international market, with its productions generally [...]

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Korean Artists at the Edinburgh Fringe

25 June 2008 B-boys
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I spotted that the Cho-in Theatre Company are putting on a performance at the KCC this coming Monday (30 June). A still from their production The Angel and the Woodcutter is shown on the right.
This notice got me thinking about the Edinburgh Fringe, which was choc-full of Korean talent last year. Same again this year, [...]

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Korean Film in Edinburgh

15 June 2008 Edinburgh 2008
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Films by Koreans, films about Koreans.
At the Edinburgh Film Festival:
The Mouse Trap (Gee-dut)
23 JUN 14:00
24 JUN 21:15
Woon Han / South Korea / 2007 / 6 mins
Showing as part of International Animation 1
The Juche Idea
24 JUN 17:30
25 JUN 21:45
Jim Finn / United States of America / 2008 / 62 mins
Art? Propaganda? Dubious cultural profiling? [...]

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