Seoul Theater Festival Opens May 1 with 8 Officially Selected Performances
Daehangno Arts Theater Small Theater from May 31 to June 9
The theater company Babasaucers will perform "Becoming Someone You Know," an official selection of the 45th Seoul Theater Festival, at the Daehangno Arts Theater Small Theater from May 31 to June 9.
"Becoming Someone You Know" is a work that explores prejudice and hatred in modern society and seeks solutions for coexistence. It premiered last year.
The play is structured as an omnibus consisting of three episodes. Each story is based on the real experiences of the actors, enhanced with dramatic situations, and each episode addresses the themes of "Prejudice," "Inherited Scars," and "Dichotomy." After the performances on June 1 and June 8, there will be a talk session with the audience.
Director Eunjin Lee said, "'Becoming Someone You Know' started from discovering the hearts of daily lives divided by the national division. We wanted to ask whether we can overcome the precarious cracks of prejudice, hatred, dichotomous thinking, and the division of friend and foe to live well with others, and whether becoming someone you know makes this possible."
The theater company Babasaucers was founded in 2011. They present various forms of performances centered on masks, objects, and the actors' intense physical language.
Their representative works include "Comment Army," "Cheerful New Musical Mangnang Byeolgok," and "Guest." Among these, "Comment Army" was selected as one of the "2018 Best 7 Performances" by Korean Theater and received the "Work of the Year" award from the Korean Theater Arts Association. "Comment Army" is based on the novel of the same name by author Jang Kang-myeong and was recently released as a film starring Son Seok-gu, gaining much attention.
Tickets for "Becoming Someone You Know" are priced at 40,000 KRW for all seats and can be purchased at Arko·Daehangno Arts Theater, Interpark, YES24, and Playticket. Detailed information about the play can be found on the official blog, Facebook, and Instagram of Babasaucers.
Meanwhile, the 45th Seoul Theater Festival will open on May 1 under the slogan "Theater, Coexisting through Diversity (共ZONE)!" Hosted by the Seoul Theater Association and sponsored by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the festival will run until June 30, featuring eight official selections and 30 free competition works. Besides "Becoming Someone You Know," the official selections include "Nue" by Theater Company Kimjanghaneun Nal, "Designer of the Labyrinth" by Theater Group Ban, "Capital 3: Platform and Data" by Dreamplay These 21, "Real Estate of Superman 2024" by Theater Company Shinsegye, "So What If It's Popular Fiction?!" by Theater Company Susupabori X Culture Route, "Diving Board" by Theater Company Sagetamsa, and "Birds' Grave" by Immediate Reaction.
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