Another cancellation I’m afraid… A rare documentary – a UK premiere – on the fate of South Korean prisoners of war in North Korea. The documentary has English subtitles. Advance registration is required. Abandoned Heroes No 43 Wednesday 25 March 2020, 7pm Odeon Cinema | 39 The Broadway | The Crescent | Wimbledon | London … [Read More]
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Swindler + Our Home screen at Crystal Palace Film Fest
Crystal Palace International Film Festival was founded in 2009, and presents a diverse programme of the very best Independent films from all over the world. And the cinema promises comfy sofas and lovely food brought to where you’re sitting. Sounds like a great way to spend an evening. Swindler Dir: Yi Dong-hwan (2018, 93 mins) … [Read More]
Song Ginyoung exhibition at Whitehall Historic House
After her brief but joyful installation enhancing a bar under the arches in Bethnal Green, Song Ginyoung (송 SONG) will be transforming Whitehall Historic House in Cheam this month. SONG in Whitehall Linking Past and Present through the colourful art of Song Ginyoung Whitehall Historic House | Malden Road | Cheam SM3 8QD Thursday 13 … [Read More]
Minjung Baek plays Rachmaninov: London recitals
Minjung Baek tours a Rachmaninov programme in London venues during February. The recitals celebrate her live recording from the finals of the Aevea Piano Prize in Verona in July 2019, which is available on iTunes and Spotify. Tuesday, February 11th, 2020, 1:00 PM St James’s Church | Sussex Gardens | Paddington | London W2 3UD … [Read More]
Grid Theatre presents Red Peter at the Vault Festival
Grid Theatre’s Korean stage director Chris Yun-Ward tackles a Kafka short story: Red Peter Friday 6 – Sunday 8 March 2020, 6pm – 7pm Additional matinee performance Sunday 8 March, 3pm – 4pm Vault Festival | Leake Street | Waterloo | London SE1 7NN Tickets from £11 | Buy Tickets A stage adaptation of the … [Read More]
Concert notes: Park Jiha at LSO St Lukes
What a difference a venue makes. Uncomfortable seats, noisy air conditioning and poor sight lines meant that Park Jiha’s gig at the Rich Mix in the 2019 K-music festival was less enjoyable than it could have been. At LSO St Luke’s at the end of January everything seemed right. Yes, there was the faint hiss … [Read More]
2020 LSE SU Korea Future Forum: Korea’s Ascent to the Global Stage
News of this years Korea Future Forum at the LSE: LSESU Korea Future Forum 2020: Korea’s Ascent to the Global Stage LSE Old Theatre | Houghton St | London WC2A 2AE Saturday, 29 February 2020 from 10:00-17:30 £10.00 (Early Bird Student) | £30.00 (Early Bird Standard) | Buy tickets Official website: lsesukfa.com Panel 1. Fourth … [Read More]
February events 2020
We’re all keeping our fingers crossed for the two Korean movies with seven Oscar nominations between them. Be sure to buy your March copy of Sight & Sound (available from 3 Feb) guest-edited by man of the moment Bong Joon-ho. Music Unsuk Chin’s SPIRA – A Concerto for Orchestra – will be broadcast on Radio … [Read More]
Sokeel Park: Insight from working with North Korean defectors
A Guest Speaker event associated with the upcoming LSESU Korea Future Forum Not Just Nukes: Insights from a decade working with North Korean defectors Thursday 13 Feburary 2020, 6:30 – 8:00 pm LSE Clement House Room 2.02 | 265 Strand | London WC2R 1DH Admission free | Register via event’s Facebook page LSESU Korea Future … [Read More]
Korean crafts at Collect 2020
COLLECT, the International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design is at Somerset House from 27 February – 1 March, 2020. Tickets available here. Opening times: Thu 27 Feb – 11.00-17.00 | Private View Thu 27 Feb – 18.00-21.00 | Fri 28 Feb – 11.00-18.00 | Sat 29 Feb – 11.00-18.00 | Sun 1 Mar … [Read More]
(G)I-DLE “I-LAND” World tour in London (venue tbc)
Cube Entertainment and Live Nation have indefinitely postponed (G)I-DLE’s first world tour, which was due to land in London on 24 May 2020. [Notice] 2020 (G)I-DLE WORLD TOUR 'I-LAND : WHO AM I' and New Album Postponement Notice ▶ https://t.co/BlpwfDy6wx#여자아이들 #GIDLE https://t.co/eJfuhK1xcB pic.twitter.com/VEYmJdq2ez — CUBE GLOBAL (@CUBEENTGLOBAL) February 28, 2020 [Read More]
KCC February House Concert: Esther Park (Violin) + Kumi Matsuo (Piano)
The KCC House concert series for the year kicks off with a really interesting and varied programme. Esther Park (Violin) & Kumi Matsuo (Piano) Tuesday 25 February 2020, 7pm @ KCCUK Admission free | Reserve a seat Programme Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 27 in G Major, K. 379 Ⅰ. Adagio – Allegro Ⅱ. Theme and … [Read More]
Jimin Suh’s Unburied in double bill at The Bunker
THE UPSETTERS present a week-long festival dedicated to celebrating artists of colour where they will hold a poetry night, debut two pieces of new writing, present a scratch night and host a series of workshops where they pay participants to attend to cover loss of earning. THE UPSETTERS make theatre written by writers of colour, … [Read More]
In the Absence screens at ICA, with Q+A
Amid all the justified excitement about Parasite, let’s not forget that Korea has another film with an Oscar nomination this year. Its producer, Gary Byung-Seok Kam, is in town to answer your questions at a screening at the ICA this weekend. In the Absence Dir Yi Seung-Jun, South Korea / USA 2018, 29 min., Korean … [Read More]
Ceramics by Ree Soo-Jong and Lee Hun-Chung at Messums London
Messums bring us an exhibition of the work by two ceramics artists. Both have had their work shown in London before, with Ree Soo-jong the more frequent visitor. But this is the first large-scale exhibition of their work. Korean Ceramic: Ree Soo-Jong and Lee Hun-Chung Curated by Paul Greenhalgh 19 February – 14 March 2020 … [Read More]
Whose Comfort? – book launch at the KCC
Friday 21 February 2020, 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm Korean Cultural Centre UK | Grand Buildings | 1-3 Strand | London WC2N 5B Admission free | Register via Google Docs Join World Scientific Publishing at the Korean Cultural Centre UK to celebrate the launch of Whose Comfort? The issue of sexual violence against civilian ‘comfort … [Read More]