The Visitors
In 2017, this work was chosen for “This Year’s Top Three Theatre Performance” by the Korean Critics Association and “This Year’s Top Seven Theatre Performance” by the National Theatre Association of Korea. It became the topic of conversation. This story is based on a tragedy that actually happened in Korea. It has the universal theme of “family”, asking you questions about its meaning and difficulty. As the society and community have changed, it brings you the issues to be solved beyond countries.
Written by Yeonock Ko
Directed by Jeong Kim
Performed by Haram Kim, Youngjoon Lim, Jinkyung Lee, Jongtae Park, Seongrak Hong, Wonjung Kim, Namyoung Oh
This work was inspired by two incidents; The one is of that the abused boy killed his parents and cut their dead bodies in pieces in 2002. The other one is about the high school boy who killed his mother and had lived with her dead body for eight months in 2011.
Story
The boy’s parents were already murdered. He has been living with their dead bodies. He believes he would be able to comfort his parents if he could treat guests well, so he invites guests. They are abandoned stray cat, statue in front of elementary school, and owner of a ruined grave.
When all his attempts end in failure, he kills his parents again, hoping that the same things would continue tomorrow.
This company aims to find a new stage language through collaborations with artists from various fields. It is made up of actors, directors, writers, and staff, and was founded in 2014. They want to tell true and strong stories by their performance, and try to share a moment of intense experience that only theatre arts can produce.
Performed in Korean with the Japanese Subtitles
Programmes marked with EN are available with English subtitles which automatically appear on the iPod screen.
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The Katsuya Gymnasium
[ The Period of The Festival ] Thursday, 6 - Sunday, 23 September, 2018
[ Programme Director ] NAKASHIMA Makoto (Director /Artistic Director of the BIRD Theatre Company TOTTORI)
