September events 2022

The diary usually starts filling up around Chuseok time, but this month is exceptional. No question about it: the focus this month is on the Coronet Theatre and their stunning array of performances at their Tiger is Coming festival. Each one of the performances is a must-see, and Choi Jeong-hwa’s installations are self-recommending. Keep an eye on their Facebook page for updates.

But also, don’t forget the opening of the V+A’s major Hallyu exhibition.

Special event: Tiger is Coming

• Choi Jeong Hwa: Tiger, Journey, Love – A major exhibition of the world renowned installation artist’s work (26 Aug – 1 Oct)
• Leenalchi: Sugungga Live – South Korean music icons Leenalchi perform live in the UK for the first time ever (10 – 12 Sep)
• Kim Modeun: Modeun Tour: The Path of the Body – A free screening of six extraordinary dance films (13 – 15 Sep)
• Ambiguous Dance Company: Body Concert – A fresh, exciting and electric evening of genre-defying dance from this international dance sensation (16 – 18 Sep)
• Collective A: Body-Go-Round – A genre-bending, mixed reality, dance spectacle from visionary choreographer Cha Jinyeob (23 – 24 Sep)
• haihm: Nowhere – An intimate live set of meticulously crafted and captivating ambient rhythms from Seoul based electronic musician & producer haihm (24 Sep)
• Tacit Group: tacit.perform[o] – A unique and riveting contemporary live music experience (26 – 28 Sep)
• Dolpagu: XXL Leotard and Anna Sui Hand Mirror – A groundbreaking theatre production exploring gender and social class across generations (29 Sep – 1 Oct)

Other performance including music and theatre

• Wonho: FAÇADE tour at the indigo2 (4 Sep)
• Ash Island, Leellamarz + Way Ched play the Oval Space (16 Sep)
• LOONA tour comes to the Brixton Academy (16 Sep)
• The Apology by Kyo Choi, directed by Ria Parry, at Arcola Theatre – a powerful human story which asks how a nation can apologise for the crimes of its past.(15 Sep – 8 Oct 2022)
• The KCC’s September House Concert at St James’s Piccadilly on 17 Sep is a song recital

Other exhibitions

• Hallyu! The Korean Wave opens at the V+A on 24 Sep
• Transcending Time: Traditional and Contemporary Interpretations of the Moon Jar is at Han Collection all month
• JeeYoung Lee’s Maiden Voyage is at Now Gallery until 25 Sep
• Heesoo Kim’s Normal Life is at Unit London until 10 Sep
• Expanding Horizons: Contemporary Glass from South Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan is in Stourbridge until 1 Oct
• Jeong Woojae’s Afterglow is at Albemarle Gallery, 1 – 25 Sep
• Our Friendly Neighbours: a new group exhibition at the KCC opens on 8 Sep
• Silent Mind: an exhibition by Lloyd Choi Gallery is at 4 Cromwell Place, 14 – 25 Sep
• Misun Won and Yeena Yoon are exhibiting in week 1 of the Goldsmiths Fair from 27 Sep

Other special events

• There’s a Korean Arts Festival at the Rose Theatre on 4 Sep
• The British Museum celebrates Chuseok on 10 Sep
• New Malden’s Harvest Fest is on 10 Sep

Other screenings

• Free Chol Soo Lee can still be found on some screens
• Yellow Sea screens at the Prince Charles Cinema on 12 Sep

Discussions and workshops

• South Korean cinema seminar: Preservation, Distribution and Education is in Glasgow and online, 1 Sep
• The Pachinko Parlour: Elisa Shua Dusapin is in conversation with Aneesa Abbas Higgins at the KCC on 23 Sep
• Trandee Rock’s K-Pop Dance Workshop Tour comes to London on 30 Sep / 1 Oct

Other events

• There’s a K-pop and hip-hop night at Fire Club Vauxhall on 2 Sep,
• a Stray Kids club night at The Grace on 2 Sep and
• a BTS club night at The Garage on 23 Sep

Publications expected this month

• JM Lee’s Broken Summer, tr An Seon Jae, from Amazon Crossing (LKL review)
• Park Kyung-ni’s The Age of Doubt, with eight translators, from Honford Star
• Fiona Bae’s Make Break Remix: The Rise of K-Style, from Thames and Hudson (coinciding with the opening of the V+A’s Hallyu exhibition)

Let me know what books or events I’ve missed.