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Henrik Ibsen's play "An Enemy of the People," written about 140 years ago, has been reborn as a story of our time.
Senior culture and arts reporter Kim Soo-hyun brings us this news, along with the musical "Let Me Fly" and South Korea's first live orchestra concert film.
[Reporter]
[Play 'Enemy' / October 26 – November 14 / Sejong M Theater]
On the day a water park resort opens in a depopulating small town with hopes of revitalizing the local economy, Kirsten discovers that the tap water is contaminated and, after much deliberation, exposes it on social media. However, condemnation pours in upon the person who revealed the truth.
Kirsten instantly becomes an ingrate who ruined local jobs, and it takes less than a day for her education, private life, and even children to become targets of attack.
This is the play "Enemy," in which Scottish playwright Kieran Hurley adapted Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" into a modern-day story set against a digital media environment of social media and YouTube.
[Moon So-ri / Actor (Role of Kirsten): "When I first read this work, I could feel an immense sense of pace and terror... things like that."]br />
Playwright Kang Hoon-gu handled the translation and adaptation, Seoul Metropolitan Theater Company Artistic Director Lee Jun-woo directed the production, and veteran actors such as Moon So-ri, Lee Bong-ryun, and Kang Shin-goo star in it.
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[Musical 'Let Me Fly' / Through January 3 of Next Year / Doosan Art Center Yonkang Hall]
The night of 1969, when Apollo 11 was launched toward the moon.
Nam-won, a young man who dreams of becoming a fashion designer, dreams of a wonderful tomorrow with his girlfriend before collapsing in shock at the growing moon. When he opens his eyes again, it is the year 2020, and an unfamiliar grandmother appears before Nam-won, who has become a 70-year-old grandfather.
The musical "Let Me Fly" delivers a warm message about life and love through Nam-won's time travel.
It is a creative musical that has been loved since its premiere in 2022 and has even expanded to overseas stages. Famous actors such as Ahn Jae-wook, Lee Hee-jun, Yoon Gong-joo, and Bae Hae-sun have newly joined this season.
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['Going Home Project: Ravel & Shostakovich in Cinema' Screening / Tomorrow (October 24) / CGV Yeongdeungpo, Times Square]
The live performance of the Going Home Project orchestra, which has experimented with a conductorless orchestra centered around pianist Yeol Eum Son, has been made into a film.
Capturing the live performance held at the Seoul Arts Center in July of last year, the film vividly records the performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" and Ravel's "Boléro."
This is the first time a domestic orchestra's live performance has been made into a theatrical film, and Yeol Eum Son plans to meet audiences directly in movie theaters rather than concert halls.
(Video Editing: Kim Jun-hee, VJ: Oh Se-kwan)
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