Twists and changes joined by humor and fun

Mr. Heungbo makes audience burst with laughter with its extraordinary reinterpretation of a classic. Moving to Myeongdong Theater at the heart of Seoul, it is getting ready to meet the audience again. Director Koh Sun-woong, who brought the charms of changgeuk all the way to France with Madam Ong, will offer a much braver and unbridled performance. Swap of older and younger brothers, an alien monk, Mr. Heungbo is getting enlightened under the Bodhi tree - it would be impossible to predict where this audacious imagination could possibly end. Hurry if you missed the sold-out premiere run and enjoy the exciting humor and fun!

Director Koh Sun woong

Koh Sun woong is renowned for his creative directing and original playwriting. He amazes the audience with his brilliant twists in the emotional flow and/or structure of the play. His plays are humorous enough to make the audience have a good laugh, but his true brilliance lies in the fact that they make the audience not only laugh and fun but discover the tragic reality and essence of life hidden behind the humor. Mr. Koh participated in the college drama club in his university days. After having worked for an advertising company for four years, he entered the field of performing arts by writing a play. In 1999, his play “A Woman in the Gloomy Landscape” won the Annual Spring Literary Contest organized by a newspaper company, called HankookIlbo, and in the same year he also debuted as a director with his play “Rock-Hee-Man-Show.” The play “On a Clear Day,” directed by Mr. Koh, won the 2011 Korea Theater Awards for Best Theater, Best Director, and Best Play. His “The Orphan of Zhao” won the most renowned awards in the field of performing arts, including the 2015 Dong-A Play Awards for Grand Prize and Best Director, and the 2015 Korea Theater Awards for Grand Prize and Best Director, and the Director of the Year awarded by Korea Theater & Directors Association.

Music Lee Ja ram

Lee Ja ram is an actress and pansori singer who has developed her own artistic style. She has been trying to explore how pansori can be enjoyed by more audiences. She won Dong-A Play Award for New Concept Play in 2015, the Best Actress at the Musical Awards in 2014, Korea Culture & Arts Award in 2012, the Young Artist Award in 2010, the Best Actress at the 2010 Torun International Theater Festival in Poland, etc. Her challenging experiments have been acclaimed by both critics and audiences:Gaeksuk (Auditorium), the monthly music and performing arts magazine, claimed that“we may even call ‘Lee Ja-ram’a genre herself,” and Vogue magazine praised her as “an artist who breaks down the general audience’s prejudice on pansori.”She is an inheritor of pansori, Korea’s Intangible Cultural Asset No. 5 –more specifically, an inheritor of pansori  “Chunhyang-ga” (Dongchoje) and pansori “Jeokbyuk-ga” (Dongpyeonje). She also participated in Gukak-Musical Project Group Taru and Pansori Project ZA as their artistic director. She co-created “Sacheon-ga” and “Eokchuk-ga” with Nam In-woo, and starred in them– both of the performances were great success. She also participated in Pansori-Short Story Project: she wrote the script and composed pansori for “Song of a Stranger,” “Ugly Woman,” and “Murder,” which were directed by Park Ji-hye.