The final performance in the 2018 Festival of Korean Dance brings a chance to see the choreographer of the Pyeongchang Olympics opening and closing ceremonies. Don’t miss it. Double Bill Wednesday 16 May 2018, 7:30pm The Place | 17 Duke’s Rd | Euston | London WC1H 9PY | www.theplace.org.uk £17 (£13 concessions) | Book here Jinyeob … [Read More]
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Double Bill: Kyoung-Shin Kim – Ordinary Stranger | Ahn Sooyoung Company – Swan Lake
The second of three performances forming a festival of Korean dance at The Place: Double Bill: Kyoung-Shin Kim – Ordinary Stranger / Ahn Sooyoung Company – Swan Lake Saturday 12 May 2018, 7:30pm The Place | 17 Duke’s Rd | Euston | London WC1H 9PY | www.theplace.org.uk £17 (£13 concessions) | Book here KR + UK: … [Read More]
Korea National Contemporary Dance Company – Immixture
Don’t miss the first-ever UK appearance by the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company as part of a Festival of Korean Dance at The Place this May. Tickets on sale now. Korea National Contemporary Dance Company – Immixture Wednesday 9 May 2018, 7:30pm The Place | 17 Duke’s Rd | Euston | London WC1H 9PY | … [Read More]
VAV (Very Awesome Voice) perform in London
VAV will be making their London premiere, though without their member Jacob, who had visa problems. VAV 2018 Spotlight Tour in London 25 March 2018 229 Great Portland Street | London W1W 5PN – Around 2 hours of Meet & Greet with VAV: 17:30 – 19:30 – Around 2 hours of VAV Live Stage: 20:30 … [Read More]
Screening: White Badge + Ahn Jung-hyo Q+A
Jeong Ji-yeong’s adaptation of Ahn Jung-hyo’s Vietnam War novel is the third in the KCCUK’s Korean Novels on Screen season of screenings. Director Jeong came to London back in 2010 to talk about this movie. LKL’s write-up can be found here. White Badge (하얀전쟁) Director: Chung Ji-young (1992, 124 mins) Cast: Ahn Sung-ki, Lee Gyoung-young, … [Read More]
Talk on comics from North and South Korea with Paul Gravett
As part of Nick Bonner’s exhibition of everyday graphic design from North Korea, an interesting talk on North and South Korean Manhwa: Secrets of North and South Korean Comics A talk by leading expert Paul Gravett 19 Apr 2018, 7:00pm | Buy tickets House of Illustration | 2 Granary Square | King’s Cross | London … [Read More]
Screening: Yu Hyun-mok’s The Descendants of Cain
The second in the KCC’s season of book adaptations is Yu Hyun-mok’s version of Hwang Sun-won’s The Descendants of Cain. LKL reviews the novel here. Yu Hyun-mok: The Descendants of Cain (카인의 후예, 1968) Cast: Kim Jin-kyu, Moon Hee, Park No-sik, Jang Dong-hwi KCCUK, 12 April 2018, 7:00 pm Free admission | register on EventBrite … [Read More]
Rockbottom European tour comes to The Underworld, Camden
Rockbottom return to the Underworld two years on, as part of their 2018 European tour: Rockbottom 2018 Live in Europe – London The Underworld | 174 Camden High Street | London NW1 0NE | www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk Monday 16 April 2018, doors 4:00 PM £24.00 – £56 | Buy tickets Entry Requirements: 14+. Under 16s MUST be … [Read More]
Screening: Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno
Bamseom Pirates gets another London screening. We enjoyed it when it came around last year. Bamseom Pirates, Seoul Inferno Dir Jung Yoon-Suk – 2017 – 119min – Korean w/ Eng subtitles Presented by Always Restrictions – A DIY Space For London Fundraiser £5 – All Profits Directly To DIY Space For London | Buy tikets … [Read More]
Peggy Gou in Mixmag Live at the Village Underground
Peggy Gou rounds of a busy few weeks in London with a set at the Village Underground: Mixmag Live with Peggy Gou Friday 6 April 2018, 10:00 PM – 4:00 AM Village Underground | 54 Holywell Lane | Shoreditch | London EC2A 3PQ £8.00 – £15.00 | Ages 18+ | Buy tickets here Mixmag Live … [Read More]
Lee Yil: seminar and book launch of selected writings on Contemporary Korean Art
Artist Bada Song and critic / lecturer Paul O’Kane spent a large part of last year helping to translate and edit an important new collection of mid-to-late 20th century writings of renowned Korean art critic Lee Yil (1932-1997), “the main observer of “Dansaekhwa”, or Korean monochrome”. That work has now come to fruition, with the … [Read More]
KCC March House Concert: Sooyeon Lee (Cello) + Milo Harper (Harp)
I do like it when a musician explores some of the lesser-known British repertoire. Granville Bantock (1868-1946) composed several rarely-played works for cello and orchestra, one of which will be performed this evening in a version for cello and harp. Even less well-known is the music of Benjamin Frankel (British, 1906-1973) and the Polish harpist-composer … [Read More]
Rory MacLean: Inside the world’s most secretive nation
A follow-up to the British Council exhibition of Nick Danzinger’s photographs, presented in conjunction with the production of The Great Wave at the National Theatre. Inside the world’s most secretive nation Tues 10 April, 6pm – 7pm Clore Learning Centre: Cottesloe Room, National Theatre Tickets £7 (concessions £5) | Buy tickets Rory MacLean travelled to … [Read More]
DEAN, 2xxx!, Juseon, Rad Museum, & Reone play the Islington Assembly Hall
DEAN and 2xxx! return to London bringing Juseon, Rad Museum and Reone: Capsule Live in London: DEAN, 2xxx!, Juseon, Rad Museum, & Reone Islington Assembly Hall | Upper Street | Islington | London N1 2UD Sunday 18 March 2018, 20:00–23:30 Tickets available here SPECIAL GUEST OPENER: PREP DEAN is a superstar. He’ll make history when … [Read More]
[On tour] In-Sook Chappell’s Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok
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Korean-born adoptee In-Sook Chappell has a major new play going on tour for 10 weeks. Catch it if you can. The playwright comments: “I was born in Korea and came to the UK as a baby and was brought up as English. Because of this I am interested in how immigrants often erase a part … [Read More]
Screening: Kim Ki-young’s The Soil
This year the KCC’s first film screenings are adaptations of Korean novels. We start the season with Kim Ki-young’s adaptation of Yi Kwang-su’s 1932 novel 흙, variously known as The Soil, Earth or Peasants. Kim Ki-young: The Soil (흙 – 1978) Cast: Lee Hwa-si, Kim Jeong-cheol, Yeom Bok-soon, Nam Sung-hoon Thu 29 March 2018, 19:00 … [Read More]