The Return of a Modern Youth Theater Classic That Captivated Audiences Worldwide

Named one of Time Magazine’s Best New Plays of 2006

Sold out at the Edinburgh Festival in 2007

Winner of the TMA Award for Best Show for Children and Young People

★★★★★

“It is remarkably well constructed. Delicate yet gripping, it unfolds like a beautiful road movie you can almost reach out and touch.”

— The Scotsman

“This story of a teenage flight is a solid, rewarding work that leaves audiences of all ages with much to think about.”

— Dong-A Ilbo

A Contemporary Youth Theatre Masterpiece That Speaks to Every Generation

Following its hugely successful Korean premiere in 2013 that drew such enthusiastic responses from audiences of all ages,

Yellow Moon returns to Myeongdong Theater in 2026.

Since its Scottish premiere, the play has won over audiences and critics across the United States, Germany, Australia, Ireland, and beyond.

Moving well past a simple portrait of adolescence, it renders the reality of teenagers colliding with the world in poetic language,

resonating far and wide and leaving lasting impressions. After a long trajectory of thirteen years,

this production comes back with greater depth and renewed vitality, once again illuminating the hearts of its audience.

A Flight into the Unknown by Two Teenagers at the End of Their Rope

One night, a boy and a girl, each adrift in their own isolated worlds, cross paths at a dead end and flee north together.

Their footsteps cutting through the dark draw the audience into a deep, uncharted forest.

Accompanied by imagination that penetrates deep into the abyss, a cool undercurrent of melancholy,

and a twisted sense of humor directed at the world, their journey vacillates between instability and growth,

moving beyond a simple escape and raising fundamental questions about the cycles of life.

Storytelling That Dissolves the Line Between Reality and Stage

A Stage Aesthetic Grounded in Restrained Metaphor

Playwright David Greig, known for his taut dramatic composition and lyrical writing,

reunites with director Tony Graham, who has left a distinctive mark on Korean youth theatre

with productions such as Die besseren Wälder and Ostrich Boys.

This strong foundation is further reinforced by a remarkable creative team that includes Lee Tae-sub, a master of Korean stage design,

and music director Lee Min-hwi, a versatile presence across genres.

Together they evoke a vivid sense of time and space. A newly assembled cast moves fluidly between acting and narration,

between observer and character, shaping an unpredictable world of imagination.

At last, an unfamiliar path unfolds on stage that cuts across the line between reality and fantasy.

SYNOPSIS

The play opens on Lee Macalinden, the neighborhood’s most notorious troublemaker,

who scrapes through his days in a run-down apartment with his depressed mother.

We are also introduced to Leila Suleiman, a top student from a comfortable middle-class family, a Muslim girl who does not speak.

Until that fateful Friday night, neither of them has any reason to believe their paths will ever cross.

But when a murder takes place, the bad boy and the good girl find themselves on the run, heading north together.

Written by David Greig

In David Greig’s work, people separated by culture, class, politics, and geography, who are unlikely to meet in real life, are drawn toward one another. His plays explore the pull between individuals seized by longing for each other and for a different world as well as the journeys that emerge from that desire, which, in turn, generates an explosive energy that drives the story forward. Greig has worked across a wide range of genres, including youth theater, experimental performance, historical drama, and musical theater. He has collaborated with leading British institutions such as the Traverse Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Royal National Theatre, and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Major Works

The Monster in the Hall, Casanova, Touching the Void, Two Sisters, Midsummer

Directed by Tony Graham

Tony Graham is a central figure in British youth theater, who played a defining role in shaping and vitalizing the field during its formative years. He founded the Unicorn Theatre, the UK’s national theatre for young people, and served as its Artistic Director for many years. He previously moderated the Kennedy Center’s New Visions New Voices program and worked as a director across the United States, Sweden, Japan, and beyond. His ongoing collaboration with the TYA Research Center at the National Theater Company of Korea began with Yellow Moon in 2013, and he has since directed Ostrich Boys in 2014 and 2016, and Die besseren Wälder in 2021.

Major Works

Yellow Moon, Ostrich Boys, Die besseren Wälder