National Theater Company of KOREA

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Booking Information

[한민족디아스포라전] 용비어천가 Poster

[Korean Diaspora Season] Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven

01 Jun, 2017~ 11 Jun, 2017

  • Venue

    Baek Seonghui & Jang Minho Theater 

  • Genre

    Theater

  • Show Time

    Weekdays 19:30 ㅣWeekends 15:00ㅣNo performance on Tuesday

  • Tickets

    30,000KRW

  • Duration

    90 mins

  • Enquiry

    +82-2-3279-2260

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    Language Korean

     

    Age Restriction Suitable for ages 20 and over

     

* Please ensure you arrive 30mins before the program time. The box office can be busy and you may need to queue.

* We will endeavor to admit latecomers at the first suitable opportunity, which may be the interval. For some Events late admission cannot be guaranteed.

* Re-entry is mostly NOT allowed. In an exceptional case of re-entering, you may be seated in alternate seat locations to avoid disruption of the performance.

* The discount on tickets will only be available when presented with the necessary papers or documents. Tickets have to be paid in full when they are not presented.

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Laugh Now. You May Not When These Women Rule the World.

- The New York Times

 

 

 

Young Jean Lee, the queen of stirring uneasy feelings,

along with director Oh Dong Sik and musician Lee Ja Ram,

invites you to a novel hysterical comedy.

 

Korean American Young Jean Lee's Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven, acclaimed as the perfect 'hysterical comedy' by the New York Times, offers the most sensational and poignant message in Korea. While Korean American and other Koreans pour out stories of the horrible racial discrimination they have experienced, a white couple nonchalantly talks about their lives and love. The audience express contempt and laughter. This controversial performance is directed by Oh Dong Sik, an actor and director who won the Dong-A Theater Rookie Award, with ridicule and satire that blurs the borders of audience and stage. The music of Korean traditional singer Lee Ja Ram, who herself became an independent genre, and dancing choreographed by Kim Yun Gyu grasp the senses, and the unique actors build a fine line.

 

Racist nonsense, angry minorities, patriarchal white males... The audience may shudder as they are reminded of the deep wounds of Koreans living abroad or their own discrimination toward others. We would like to invite you to the enlightening uneasiness that the play brings.

 

 

 

 

Synopsis

"I want to be white."

When the lights go out, Young Jean Lee appears in an unexpected shape, and Korean American and other Koreans harm each other and pour out terrible racist stories to each other. On one side of a stage full of discrimination, sex, and chaos, a white couple talks about their love, lives and ideals, revealing lives full of pretense.

 

 

Korean Diaspora Season

Five special perspectives that spread throughout the world

 

*Diaspora (Greek: διασπορ?): The dispersion of any people from their original homeland.

 

A special festival where you can see five major works by Korean artists who are in the spotlight in the UK, the US, and Canada. Yet another novel stage where special works of Korea, for Korea, and by Korea, meet young directors who are leading the scene in Korea.  

 

 

Writer  Young Jean Lee

 

Director  Oh Dong Sik