This Week in Seoul: Comedy Play 'Matryoshka' and the 22nd Seoul ASSITEJ Winter Festival
Creatrip Team
3 months ago
The play 'Matryoshka' follows a struggling theater company led by charismatic leader Nam Dong-jin as they try to keep staging shows despite mounting debt and a string of unexpected mishaps. B-grade comedy tone; three actors (Yoon Je-mun, Jung Seok-yong, Yoo Yong) rotate in the lead role to create varied comic effects. Runs at Myeongbo Art Hall Laon Hall through Dec. 31.
The 22nd Seoul ASSITEJ Winter Festival, organized by the international association for children and youth theatre (ASSITEJ Korea), showcases seven performances around Daehangno beginning with 'Gulliver’s Travels: Zoom In-Out' on Dec. 27–28 at the Daehangno Theater Quad stage. The festival also offers free interactive events such as picture-book artist Park Hyun-min's exhibition 'Snow, Snow, Snow' and concludes with the 34th Seoul Children’s Theater Awards on Jan. 4. (Daehangno: a neighborhood in Seoul known for its concentration of small theaters and performing-arts venues.)
