by Philip Gowman
31 August 2017
The Fringe version of Behind the Mirror, at 1 hour, is half an hour shorter than the full version that has successfully been performed in Korea for many years. In the version presented at the Fringe, the tale of Princess Pyonggang and General Ondal is told very briefly before a parallel story is told in […]
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by Philip Gowman
17 August 2017
Think Korea 2006 was an ambitious programme of cultural and other events organised by the Korean Embassy as part of the “Korea-UK Mutual Visit Year”. There was, I believe, a reciprocal series of UK-related events organised in Korea, but I never saw any publicity about it. One event I do know of: the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra […]
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A review of the London Korean cultural year 2018
by Philip Gowman on 28 December, 2018
in 2018 year-end posts | Dance | Event reports and reviews | Exhibition reviews and comment | Live music reviews | Musicals | Pansori | Pop rock and indie | Theatre
Every year at this stage in the year, I look back on the cultural highlights, whether they be live performances, exhibitions, movies or books that I have encountered over the past twelve months. Every year I lament that I’ve been unable to cover everything, that I’m getting slower and that there’s been even more to […]
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