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The Kam Tree

02-Feb-08
...A magical new story for children aged four and over, their families and friends Written by Peter Wynne Willson; Music by Park Young Ju; Design by Olly Shapley The fruit on the Kam Tree is the best in the whole world. The musical magpie who lives high in its branches knows that -- everybody does. But no-one has ever remembered how the beautiful fruit first appeared -- until now... Many years ago, there was no tree here -- just a house, a yard and a boy with a very sick mother. Then came the tiger -- and as the boy had to learn not to be scared and make friends with everyone's sworn enemy, things began to change. Moby Duck's latest Korean collaboration mixes storytelling with physical theatre, ...
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Getting Married at the Oval

09-Oct-07
Yellow Earth, who last year brought us David Tse Ka-shing's version of King Lear, comes to the Oval House bringing a double bill of East Asian short plays. Coupled with Dogs, by Elangovan (from Singapore), is Getting Married by Yi Kang-baek. GETTING MARRIED by Yi Kang-baek A young swindler is looking for love. He has borrowed a big house for the weekend, a suit for the day and he might ask you for a cigarette. When a charming, innocent woman enters, will they find love before the grim butler lurking in the shadows calls time? A light-hearted, surreal fable from South Korea's Daesan Award winner. At the Oval House, 9 - 13 October. The Oval House Theatre is situated behind Oval tube station, on Kennington Oval, ...
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Last chance to see Oh Tae Seok’s masterpiece

26-Jul-07
The enigmatically titled Bicycle finishes this weekend. The play is performed by a western cast, in the English translation by Kim Ah-jeong and RB Graves, in Camden People's Theatre, an intimate space (audience capacity around 40 I would reckon) near Euston Station. Oh Tae-Seok is known for making the audience work, skipping parts of the plot to make the viewers fill in the gaps themselves. This production helps the audience in some of that work, but without spoon-feeding them, and with only one deviation from the text, as far as I can see: for a western audience, it was helpful to have the play start with the horrific incident from the Korean war, as it sets the context which may be ...
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kore@fringe

24-Jul-07
Korean artists feature in no less than six productions at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. Something for everyone. Full details below: Dulsori Binari -- The Spirit of the Beat @ The Old College Quad 3 - 27 August Don't miss this passionate and colourful performance showcasing the unique heritage and spirited origins of traditional Korean culture. Lose yourself in the powerful beats and dynamic rhythms of the drums. Binari: The Spirit of the Beat will intrigue audiences bringing the mesmerizing and synchronised sounds of the Orient into a spectacular performance using dynamic percussion, energetic singing and the rituals of the ancient arts. It is one of the oldest Korean traditions -- so make sure you come along and feel the beat! "It's a gripping performance ...
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More from Master Oh

01-Jul-07
Those of you who went to the sell-out performances of Romeo and Juliet at the Barbican last year will be interested to know that another play by Oh Tae-seok (Oh T’ae-sŏk, 오태석), The Bicycle, will be shown at the Camden People's Theatre this month, 10 - 29 July. "One night I fainted because the ghost of a young woman called out to me from her grave by the side of the road. I was so scared that I began to shake and, later, I got sick. Whereupon I submit this report of absence." Spirits of an earlier time swirl together with inhabitants of the present as a town clerk tells of the mysterious events which led to his prolonged absence from work. ...
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Private Jokes, Public Places

05-Dec-06
Thanks to Colin Bartlett for letting me know of play now on at the New End Theatre, with a Korean-American connection. Till 10 December. Snug Harbor Productions, Ergo Entertainment & Maximum Entertainment Productions in association with New End Theatre present the European premiere of PRIVATE JOKES, PUBLIC PLACES By Oren Safdie Directed by Leon Rubin An architecture student. Her thesis. The jury. Capturing the full character of architectural discourse, PRIVATE JOKES, PUBLIC PLACES offers a disturbing yet humorous glimpse inside the contemporary world of architecture. Margaret, a young Korean-American student, presents her thesis for a public swimming pool to an all-male jury of famous architects. Safdie, a former architecture student at Columbia University and the son of prominent architect Moshe Safdie, ...
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Master Oh’s apology to Korean youth

04-Dec-06
Romeo & Juliet - adapted by Oh Tae-seok (Oh T’ae-sŏk, 오태석) Mokhwa Repertory Company 23 November 2006 - 9 December 2006 / 19:00, 19:45 The Pit, Barbican, Part of bite06 Oh Tae-suk, born in 1940, had a traumatic start to his life. When I was 11, the Korean War broke out. One day a car stopped in front of our house and my father was forced to get into it and he was abducted. After that, everything changed. (Oh Tae-suk, from Romeo & Juliet programme notes) Since then he has emerged as Korea's leading director / playwright, with 60 plays to his credit. Oh Tae-suk emerged as an avant-garde theatre artist in the 1960s, opposing the then dominant shinguk, a generic term referring to modern Korean theatre ...
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