National Theater Company of KOREA

KOREAN
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NTCK works with international artists and theatres who share their artistic passion and love of theater with the global community, in order to challenge and stimulate the Korean theater. NTCK hopes to be an international center for theater where various exciting collaborations and co-productions are created and attract international acclaim.

·   Ostrich Boys

Ostrich Boys
  • Based onthe same titled novel by Keith Grey
  • Translated byPark Young-hoon
  • Adapted byCarl Miller
  • Directed byTony Graham
  • Produced byTYA Research Center of NTCK

Presented for the very first time by TYA Research Center of NTCK, Ostrich Boys is a dynamic play about the adventures of three boys who embark upon a remarkable journey of friendship. The four actors on stage play over twenty characters in a highly versatile manner, adding to the fun and truth of theater. When Ross dies in an unfortunate accident, his friends set off in search of the missing piece in life, and eventually face a difficult truth. The three boys come to embrace death as a part of existence, and seek the true meaning of life.

·   Richard Ⅱ

Richard Ⅱ
  • ByWilliam Shakespeare
  • Translated byKang Tae-kyung
  • Embellished byHan Hyun-chu
  • Directed byFelix Alexa
  • Produced byNTCK

Hailed as one of Shakespeare’s greatest history plays, Richard II contains beautiful monologues and poetic lines. However, it had been rarely performed in Korea until it was staged at Daloreum Theater of the National Theater of Korea under the direction of Romania’s masterful theater director Felix Alexa. In this production, Alexa focused on the monarch’s desperate self-contemplation rather than the power struggle. Richard II played by Kim Su-hyeon delicately expressed his psychosocial changes. The highly imaginative and lyrical stage was further complimented by powerful images, rich music, and various symbolic objects.