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Gold Birds
30 Mar, 2022~
10 Apr, 2022
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Venue
Baek Seonghui & Jang Minho Theater
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Genre
Theater
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Show Time
Weekdays 6pm ㅣSat & Sun 5pmㅣNo performance on Tuesday
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Tickets
35,000KRW
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Duration
260 minutes. Subject to change.
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Enquiry
1644-2003
Language Korean
Age Restriction Suitable for ages 14 and over
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※ In the event of a confirmed case or a close contact of Covid-19, the production may be suspended or cancelled, and all tickets will be fully refunded without incurring cancellation fees. We will send out further instructions on how to proceed with the cancellation.
I must learn how to survive in order to save others.
Who is going to bring this war to an end?
[Changzak Gonggam: Writers] Writer No. 2 Kim Do-young
Kim Do-young’s writing focuses on individual voices in history. This time, Kim traces the footsteps of a woman named Geum-jo, who backtracks the refuge route in order to find her daughter. In doing so, the writer examines various faces in war one by one. Following the two readings in 2021, which drew favorable responses, Gold Birds, directed by Shin Jae-hoon, returns with an extra layer of charm.
Through the eyes of Geum-jo searching for her lost daughter, the play introduces us to over thirty characters across the Korean Peninsula from the Japanese colonial period to the Korean War—including a wild dog, a poet, a stationmaster and an orphan. Humans and animals exist amidst war that has blurred all boundaries, and in their gaze upon each other, we see ourselves, unsettled and battered by warlike daily life.
Synopsis
On June 28, 1950, as on any other day, Geum-jo was working in the landlord’s buckwheat field. Though the field was vast, Geum-jo had failed to grow any buckwheat flowers or buckwheat. Just after midday sun passed, Geum-jo caught the sight of a crowd of people travelling down the road and carrying their belongings. Her heart sank. She ran back to the landlord’s house to find her daughter, only to find that everyone had left already. Silence. As the sun went down, more and more people evacuated, but Geum-jo frantically searched the village for her daughter. Only after a gunshot rang nearby did she pack up a small bundle and took off.
The story of Geum-jo begins seven months later in January, 1951. Along and through the edges of the war, where will the evacuation journey take her?
[Changzak Gonggam: Writers]
Designed to foster new talent in playwriting and support production of original contemporary plays, this program presents three new plays on the stage—following a preparation process. For the past year, three writers—namely Shin Hae-yeon, Bae Hae-Youl and Kim Do-young—have been engaged in a creative journey with NTCK, sharing ideas on contemporary discourses, writing plays, and thus developing their own artistic worlds. The three plays—staged consecutively in Baek Seonghui & Jang Minho Theater at the hands of Dong I-Hyang, Shin Jae-hoon, and Lee Rae-eun, directors celebrated for their distinctive styles—invites the audience to explore diverse issues including various human conditions amidst depression, consolation and history as well as climate crisis and sustainability.
Playwright Kim Do-young
Director Shin Jae-hoon
