A new work by Yunho Jeong gets its premiere this week at the South Bank, alongside four other new works by young composers, as part of the London Philharmonic’s Young Composers programme. [Read More]
Year: 2022 (page 9)
Barnet K-pop Festival
Main Stage line-up (more to be announced) Rocking Doll – Live PA (South Korea) Oraceon Dance Crew – Dance Troupe (United Kingdom) WOO – Live PA (United Kingdom) DJ DrG – DJ Set (United Kingdom) Arena 1 – Hosted by Bubblepop Brunch Kaachi – Live PA (United Kingdom) Santo – DJ / Live PA (United … [Read More]
Tiger is Coming: Dolpagu
South Korea’s award-winning theatre company Dolpagu presents the UK Premiere of XXL Leotard and Anna Sui Hand Mirror, a groundbreaking theatre production exploring gender and social class across generations. Junho must keep his secret – he likes to wear women’s leotards. Wearing them stops him stressing about his upcoming college entrance exam. Hee-joo finds out his secret and posts a photo … [Read More]
Tiger is Coming: Tacit Group
Critically acclaimed audiovisual performance ensemble Tacit Group present tacit.perform[0] – a performance using a mix of mathematical coding and computer programming to compose a unique and riveting contemporary music experience live each night. Tacit Group have been discovering the artistic possibilities of technology since 2008 establishing themselves as pioneers of algorithmic art. Their immersive visual and sonic spectacle reveals … [Read More]
Tiger is Coming: haihm
haihm is a Seoul based electronic musician & producer. In this intimate Coronet Theatre performance, she will present a live set of meticulously crafted and captivating ambient rhythms. NOWHERE, haihm’s ambient and glitch-based album, was nominated for Best Electronic Album of the Year at the Korean Popular Music Awards. She has been performing at many … [Read More]
Tiger is Coming: Collective A
Visionary choreographer Jinyeob Cha and her Seoul-based creative group, Collective A, presents the UK Premiere of Body-Go-Round: round 1 – a genre-bending, mixed reality, dance spectacle inspired by the process of melting to evaporation in the water cycle. Looming above the stage, a giant ice formation slowly melts as performers respond to the process of … [Read More]
Tiger is Coming: Make, Break, Remix
Join us for an exclusive Q&A with author Fiona Bae in conversation with Robert Bound, Senior Correspondent at Monocle, to mark the launch of her new book Make, Break, Remix: The Rise of K-Style, a bold, stylish look at the global rise of Korean culture and style in the words and images of those shaping … [Read More]
Tiger is Coming: Ambiguous Dance Company
International dance sensation Ambiguous Dance Company present the incredible Body Concert, in their UK premiere. Their pioneering hologram appearance at the BRIT awards amassed over 300 million views online, but now Ambiguous are here live breaking down barriers of genre and all preconceptions, to present a fresh, exciting and electric evening of dance work. Structured like a concert, … [Read More]
Tiger is Coming: Kim Modeun
Kim Modeun presents a special screening of the film MODEUN TOUR: The Path of The Body, featuring six vignettes Stone, Water, Wind, Sea, Stratum and Alley. These six dance films focus on the space and nature of Jeju Island, the southernmost area of Korean Peninsula, through human bodies, their relationship to nature and the boundaries … [Read More]
Tiger is Coming: Leenalchi
South Korean music icons LEENALCHI have captivated audiences around the globe with their hypnotic performances and offbeat energy. Their combination of K-pop and musical storytelling has garnered millions of views online, but now, for the first time ever, they arrive in the UK to perform live. Expect an electric fusion of rapping, dance, heart-stopping vocal … [Read More]
Tiger is Coming: Choi Jeong Hwa’s Tiger, Journey, Love
A colourful exhibition that will last for the duration of the Coronet’s special Tiger is Coming festival of Korean events. Combine a visit with a guided tour behind the scenes of the theatre. [Read More]
July events 2022
After a flurry of activity in June, things are a bit quieter for July. But make sure you start planning your diary for later in the year, particularly the Tiger is Coming festival at the Coronet Theatre in September. And of course the Fringe is back in Edinburgh for August. For me the highlights for … [Read More]
Joy Kim: Guerrilla, at Union Gallery
UNION Gallery is pleased to present Joy Kim’s Guerrilla solo exhibition. Kim takes us on a journey of his own personal narrative guiding us, the viewer, through his movements in daily life and travels. With an expressive multi-media and technique practice Kim’s work challenges the very traditional movements and techniques of institutional Modern and Contemporary … [Read More]
Observing the Human: NFT exhibition with five Korean artists
We’d like to invite you Noonssup’s first exhibition, entitled Observing the Human, presenting five Korean artists – Sejin Kim, Gihun Noh, Daniel Schine Lee, Ga Ram Kim and Bongsu Park. Observing the Human opens to the public from Sunday 3rd July until Saturday 9th July, 11am to 7pm. The exhibition is co-hosted with London-based art … [Read More]
The Apology
Arcola reunites with New Earth for this powerful human story which asks how a nation can apologise for the crimes of its past. “My feelings? They’re not hurt. My feelings are incensed…” Seoul, 1991. Priyanka is beginning the UN investigation into the ‘comfort women’ of the Second World War, and the subsequent political cover-up. Yuna … [Read More]
July House Concert: Korea x Taiwan Classical Collaboration
Seunghye Park, Yu-Chieh Li & Chih-Jung Lai (piano) Programme Seunghye Park F. Liszt: Totentanz for Solo Piano S.525 Arr. Seunghye Park: Arirang Variations (Korean Traditional Folk Song) Yu-Chieh Lin A. Scriabin: Valse Op.38 Chih-Jung Lai A. Scriabin: Vers La Flamme, Op.72 Yu-Chieh Lin & Chih-Jung Lai F. Schubert: Fantasie In F Minor, D.940 Yu-Chieh Lin … [Read More]