Synopsis

Before After is divided into sections based on time. It shows the changes that occur before and after a devastating event.

A time before and after is created after a tragic, irreversible event. What experiences do we go through that make us realize that an event has affected “our” lives? The play Before After begins by answering this question.

The play uses a pivotal event in our society that intersects with before and after events that occur in different people’s lives. Moments in time are expressed using the theater’s emergency exit instructions, rap, a girl-group dance sequence, news broadcast, and real-time video. What happens as a point in “my” time on stage suddenly meets “your” space.

Review

"A play with many questions can easily be flat and stilted, but Kyungsung Lee's work is always fascinating."
Jae-Yul Ko, SisaIN (Korea)

"I can dare say that Before After is one of the most remarkable achievements this year in Korean theatre."
Hak-Soo Moon, Kyunghyang Shinmun (Korea)

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Creator / artist

LEE, Kyung-sung formed Creative VaQi in 2007 and serves as artistic director. Past works include Mobile Exhibition (2009), The Dream of Sancho (2010), which took part in the Edinburgh Festival, The History of Gangnam (2011), and the Theatre Practice series (2013-2014), the most recent of which was performed in Seoul.

He is a director with exceptional ability who utilizes a diverse range of sensory stage language to convey the problems that confront modern-day society. He engages in genre deconstructing, multimedia experiments, and reduces our dependence on text, instead maximizing the possibilities of a message's multisensory transmissibility with an exacting and critical mindset while actively utilizing media, installations, and performance.

Promotion Information

TOUR SIZE
Performers : 6명
Staff : 9명

DURATION
100 min. ( No intermission)

STAGE SIZE
Width : 13m, Depth : 6m, Height : 3m

Contact

Manager : LEE, Hee-jin

Korea Arts Management Service Manager 02-708-2275
pams@gokams.or.kr