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The turtle of Darwin - Korea
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| Time : |
Oct 13(Tue) ~ Nov 1(Sun)
Tue~Fri : 20:00
Sat : 15:00, 19:00
Sun: 15:00 |
| Venue : |
Sejong Center M Theatre |
| Ticket Price : |
R : 35,000 won
S : 25,000 won |
| Company : |
Seoul Metropolitan Theater Company |
| Original Work : |
Juan Mayorga |
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Premiere of a work by the renowned Spanish playwright, Juan Mayorga! A black comedy and parody of modern European society by the turtle raised by the author of the 'Origin of Species', Charles Darwin, which has evolved into a human being. |
| A mysterious old woman comes to a house where a famous scholar lives. The old woman says that she is the turtle 'Harriet' which Darwin came with from Galapagos and she can tell the new history what she had seen during the late of 19 century. Instead, she asks him to help her to go back to Galapagos. As she starts to tell the story by using great wit and humor, amazing stories are revealed which people never have seen in history books. But the people who want to use Harriet as the way of filling their hope eventually lead to a catastrophe and nobody gains what they want. |
| La Tortuga De Darwin offers us time and space to think about where and how we live in the tiring 21st century. Harriet who has evolved from a turtle through the last two centuries is an ideal that we can only see in theater but it also can be a reality. examines the conflict communications between human's memory and record, reality and ideal, history and artificial culture and science and religion. It also shows the way of living in the 21st century. |
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Kim Dong-Hyun (Born in 1965)
He is a director utilizing delicate intellect and poetic sensibility for his work. He received Most Promising Dramatist in Drama Award at Husuh Awards (Woongnyeo, the Chinese), Best Director at the 100 Years of Korean Drama Awards (The Good People, Cho Yang-Kyu) and in this year, ‘White Cherry’ written by Bea, Sam-Sik and directed by him aroused the audiences and critics’ great sympathy.
- Profile
Theatre
<White Cherry>, <The Good People, Cho Yang-Kyu>, <kiss>,
<Fishbowl where a whale lives>,<Macbeth, the show>,
<leaning against someone’s shoulder>, < Woongnyeo, the Chinese >,
<A Dust Child>
Awards
2008 Best Director at the 100 Years of Korean Drama Awards (The Good People, Cho Yang-Kyu)
2002 Most Promising Dramatist in Drama Award at Husuh Awards
(Woongnyu, the Chinese Barbarian)
2000 Best Top Five Dramas and New Directors selected by the Korea Drama Association |
| Company |
The Seoul Metropolitan Theater was established in 1997, amid many high expectations from the world of drama and culture in Korea. Under the auspices of the Sejong Arts Hall, the company seeks to provide all the citizens of Seoul unique opportunities to enjoy quality drama pieces. Unlike other national companies, each individual piece is independently produced. Thus far, it has successfully managed to provide quality performance arts under the principles of ‘artistry, the public nature of drama and popular appeal’. The Seoul Metropolitan Theater will continue to provide a high-quality repertoire through numerous attempts and approaches as a purely dramatic production company representing Seoul.
www.sejongpac.or.kr |
Review (Previous work of)
The drama has a balanced sense of direction by Peter Weiss and airtight directorship by Park Gun-Hyeung, which doesn' allow the audience to fall lax. Superb acting by forty actors all combine to create this wonderful piece.
'Who Killed the Great Revolutionary?'
Others
1) Special Lectures on
Lectures are available to enhance the understanding of the performance of La Turtuga de Darwin scheduled for the latter half of 2009.
* Venue: Sejong M Theater
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Lecturer |
| Lecture 1 |
10/14 |
Wed |
17:00-18:30 |
The World of Juan Mayorga, author of |
Prof. Kim Jae-Sun
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| Lecture 2 |
10/15 |
Thur |
17:00-18:30 |
Darwin's' Dinner Table :
Tasty Discussion on The Theory of Evolution
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Prof. Jang Dae-Ik
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| Lecture 3 |
10/21 |
Wed |
17:00-18:30 |
Dramatic Legacy of the Golden Age in Spanish Drama |
Prof. Kim Son-Uk |
| Lecture 4 |
10/22 |
Thur |
17:00-18:30 |
Introducing Contemporary Spanish Drama |
Prof. Yim Ho-Joon |
| Lecture 5 |
10/28 |
Wed |
17:00-18:30 |
Changes in Drama in terms of Evolution |
Prof. Park Yon-Sook |
| Lecture 6 |
10/29 |
Thur |
17:00-18:30 |
Directing |
Director Kim Dong-Hyun |
2) Workshop: Workshop with Juan Mayorga (twice over two days) *Details under consultation
- In 2009, Juan Mayorga received the honor of being awarded the Max Award, equivalent to the Oscars in Spanish drama. |
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