Like thousands of Korean women, young Minja must survive the unimaginable… In South Korea, young Minja lives a sheltered life in her remote village, unaware of the ongoing world war. Until one encounter changes everything: kidnapped by the Japanese Army, Minja must hold on to her fierce will to survive in the face of the … [Read More]
Category: Theatre
The Comfort Woman – Community preview and Q&A
A community preview of The Comfort Woman in Wimbledon, telling the true-story-inspired journey of a Korean woman abducted during WWII. The Comfort Woman returns to London with a special community preview in Wimbledon, a centre of the Korean and Korean-British community, ahead of its one week of full run at Omnibus Theatre in March 2026. … [Read More]
Imo’s house: A Theatrical-Nightclub Experience
Join Created Vortex for an immersive Korean Lunar New Year celebration. Imo, everyone’s favourite Korean auntie, is finally welcoming her brother home for Lunar New Year. She’s throwing a big celebration in his honour and, as a member of the family, you’re warmly invited… just don’t expect to sit back. There’s work to be done. … [Read More]
India Blog – industry showcase
Acclaimed Korean play India Blog will take its next steps towards internationalisation with a London showcase on Monday 20 October 2025 at 4:00pm at the Bush Theatre, Shepherd’s Bush. This marks the official start of a two-year cross-cultural development project bringing together Korean and British theatre artists. First premiered in Korea, India Blog has enjoyed … [Read More]
Namoo Chae Lee’s Cancelling Tiger, at the Bloomsbury Festival
An interdisciplinary theatre production that reimagines a Korean folktale through the lens of cancel culture, restorative justice, and the Me Too movement. Blending physical theatre, shamanistic ritual, and digital storytelling, the piece unfolds across Korea, the UK, and the US, tracing two sisters as they confront the fallout of their father’s public disgrace. Rooted in … [Read More]
Summers: a play by Heejin Kim
Today, the Earth is quietly heating up. A boy sets out to fight the sun. A girl silently watches over him. Together, they witness a village consumed by fire. The boy becomes an environmentalist. The girl has no choice but to work at a factory to make a living. The boy becomes a “cool” environmentalist—trying … [Read More]
Korean performers at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival and Fringe
The Edinburgh International Festival has announced its programme for 2025, and the Fringe website is up and running with their acts. Below are the performers with Korean connections that we’ve managed to identify so far. We’ll update this post if we discover more productions – it’s likely that this is not a complete list. 1. … [Read More]
New Diorama Theatre presents Container
New Diorama Theatre presents the world premiere of Container, a multi-vocal performance by British-Korean poet / theatre maker / artist Alan Fielden, exploring the violence and tenderness of living through catastrophe. Drawing influence from Laurie Anderson’s music and Robert Ashley’s television operas, Container makes use of overlapping choral narratives, live music and polyphonic sound to … [Read More]
Lear Screening + Q&A with Director Jung Young-doo
To celebrate Director Jung Young-Doo‘s Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, a special screening of the National Changgeuk Company‘s Lear will be held. Changgeuk, a traditional form of Korean musical theatre, blends music, dance, and drama to create a captivating experience. Following its successful world premiere at the Barbican Centre in 2024, this screening of the full-length … [Read More]
Kim’s Convenience: nationwide theatre tour
Now a global smash hit, this hilarious and heartwarming drama about a family-run Korean store that inspired the Netflix phenomenon, is written by Ins Choi, who calls the play his “love letter to his parents and to all first-generation immigrants who now call Canada their home.” After two successful runs in London in 2024, the … [Read More]
Glasgow’s Emergence Festival: Bora Chung’s The Head
An ordinary woman. A bodiless head. And a wee bit of K-Pop. The Head is an abject uncanny dark fairy tale. Stage adaptation and performance by Kat Kim. Based on The Head by South Korean writer Bora Chung, which was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize. It is included in Chung’s collection of short … [Read More]
Cancelling Patji – presented by Namoo Chae Lee
Cancelling Patji is a play about two sisters whose father was called out at the biggest #MeToo case of the country on their special day of shamanistic ritual to wash off their bad fate. Mirroring the Korean traditional fairy tale of Kongji and Patji, we see how the guilt transfer to the family members and … [Read More]
Moon Kim’s The Waiting Room, at Space Theatre Canary Wharf
Welcome to my room, I’m so happy you’re here. Let me tell you all about Cactus and how wonderful she is. But please don’t leave me. A story from a Korean perspective that transcends culture. This is a story about love and longing. A story that you cannot afford to miss. ‘The Waiting Room’ was … [Read More]
Theatre round-up: four recent Korean stage productions
This year in London we have been fortunate so far to have enjoyed four Korean stage productions: two imports with a run of several weeks each, and two shoestring-budget local productions with a handful of performances. Which would we go to see again? Do the plucky locals win out over the imports? [Read More]
The Comfort Woman, at King’s Head Theatre
In a moving one-woman performance, experience the powerful story of Minja, a young girl from a remote South Korean village whose life is shattered by World War II. The play follows Minja’s journey from childhood to her innocence being cruelly stripped away when she is deceived and abducted by the Japanese Army, thrust into a … [Read More]
Kim’s Convenience returns for a second season
The award-winning play which inspired the Netflix Comedy is back by popular demand. Following a sell-out season at Park Theatre earlier this year, KIM’S CONVENIENCE will transfer to Riverside Studios for a strictly limited season from 5 SEPTEMBER – 26 OCTOBER 2024. There’s humour and heart in every aisle… Now a global smash hit, this … [Read More]