Someone’s been having a bit of fun creating a spoof b-boy battle at Panmunjom. Enjoy. You have to wait 60 seconds for the real action to start. HT to Tom Coyner. [Read More]
Category: Performance (page 25)
We are not Chinese! But do not miss JUMP!
JUMP! Yegam Theatre at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre, till 10 May 2008 Winner ‘Comedy Award’ at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2006 Korean National Assembly ‘Grand Prize for Drama & Musical,’ 2006 BBC TV ‘The Royal Variety Performance,’ December 2006 Review by Grace Kim To start with what everyone already knows, it’s pretty much impossible not to … [Read More]
Become an LKL reviewer and win two free tickets to JUMP!
Yes, free tickets are potentially on offer to the hit martial arts comedy show, JUMP! which returns to the Peacock next week for a three-week run. Here’s the deal. I’m always looking for new talent to join the community of LKL guest contributors. And that includes volunteers to write reviews of particular events. Jump is … [Read More]
Jump Returns to the Peacock
The smash hit martial arts comedy Jump returns to the Peacock for the third year running. Expect lots of fun, virtuoso gymnastic solos, slick coordination, great visual humour and generally a good night out. But if you’re a shy retiring type don’t sit in an aisle seat near the front. Like many Korean stage shows, … [Read More]
The Kam Tree – UK tour
…A magical new story for children aged four and over, their families and friends Written by Peter Wynne Willson; Music by Park Young Ju; Design by Olly Shapley The fruit on the Kam Tree is the best in the whole world. The musical magpie who lives high in its branches knows that — everybody does. But … [Read More]
Woyzeck: review
Sadari Movement Laboratory: Woyzeck Part of the London Mime Festival Review by Saharial I am not an expert on mime or dance in any way, and lack any technical terms of description and I also have no real point of reference or comparison as dance is not my forte. Thanks to Philip though I was … [Read More]
Woyzeck: synopsis
For the benefit of those who don’t have time to read the programme notes of Sadari Movement Laboratory’s interpretation of Woyzeck before the show — maybe because of the rather laid-back style of service in the QEH foyer bar — here is the synopsis: 1 Woyzeck & the Captain: The Captain bullies Woyzeck, and taunts … [Read More]
Woyzeck comes to London from Edinburgh
As part of the London Mime Festival 2008, one of the hits of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe will be coming to the Queen Elizabeth Hall, 24-26 January. Sadari Movement Laboratory – Woyzeck Thursday 24 January 2008 – Saturday 26 January 2008 George Buchner’s Woyzeck, based on the true story of a poor German soldier driven … [Read More]
Mime at Barton Green with Ko Jae-kyung
It was a cold and frosty evening in New Malden (1). But inside the Barton Green Theatre it was warm and cosy. From the outside, the building looks like a cricket pavilion, but if so the green itself would not be large enough for a proper game. Inside it’s a small, welcoming community theatre, with … [Read More]
2007 New Malden Arts Festival
I’ve just been sent brief details of the New Malden Arts festival which takes place over the next couple of weeks. Korean interest is in the form of mime artist Ko Jae-kyung (right). Also, Francesca Cho will have some works on display. 12 NOV – 17 NOV 2007 Art Exhibitions Venues: Tudor Williams, Café 32, … [Read More]
Event news: Kayagum and dance at SOAS
As part of the SOAS autumn concert series there’s a kayagum recital, with traditional and contemporary dance, on 19 November at 7pm. Choi Jin (최진) : Evocative Korean Kayagum and Dance Choi Jin is one of the most brilliant kayagum players in the Korean music world. As a well-known performer, she has given many concerts … [Read More]
Theatre: Yi Kang-baek’s Getting Married
Yellow Earth, who last year brought us David Tse Ka-shing’s version of King Lear, comes to the Oval House bringing a double bill of East Asian short plays. Coupled with Dogs, by Elangovan (from Singapore), is Getting Married by Yi Kang-baek. GETTING MARRIED by Yi Kang-baek A young swindler is looking for love. He has … [Read More]
Korean dancers at The Place, Euston
First, thanks to Colin Bartlett for letting me know about Korean dancers from the Robin Howard Dance Theatre performing at The Place, near Euston. We’ve already missed one of the performances, which was yesterday evening: Jin-Yeob Cha, who has worked with a variety of Korean and international choreographers, including Ismael Ivo, Itzik Galili, Iztok Kovac, … [Read More]
Independent Korean performances at Edinburgh Fringe
My recent post on Korean events at the Edinburgh Fringe seriously undersold the Korean involvement there. I was simply reproducing the publicity of one particular organisation – Korea@fringe. But that organisation is only responsible for the six acts I mentioned in my previous post. Thanks to Colin Bartlett for pointing this out. So here is, … [Read More]
Last chance to see Oh Tae Seok’s masterpiece
The enigmatically titled Bicycle finishes this weekend. The play is performed by a western cast, in the English translation by Kim Ah-jeong and RB Graves, in Camden People’s Theatre, an intimate space (audience capacity around 40 I would reckon) near Euston Station. Oh Tae-Seok is known for making the audience work, skipping parts of the … [Read More]
Review: Korean traditional dance at Asia House
Peter Corbishley reports on last week’s dance event at Asia House Thanks to some unusual traffic your reviewer arrived late enough to get a front row seat for this unique performance of seven of eleven traditional Korean dances. ‘Exciting’, ‘beautiful’, ‘unexplored but most interesting’ were some of the words and phrases used to introduce this … [Read More]