Yeosu City Hosts Yehyang Jeonnam National Theater Festival

Citizens' Hall, Jinnam Cultural Center, and More

Empowering the Development of Yeosu as a Cultural City

The "1st Yehyang, Jeonnam National Theater Festival" will be held from the 9th to the 17th at Yeosu Citizen Hall and other venues under the slogan "Yeosu, the City of Romance! Play with Theater."

Hosted by Jeollanam-do and Yeosu City, this is the first nationwide theater festival aimed at revitalizing the performing arts scene and providing opportunities for local theater artists to build artistic infrastructure. It was jointly planned by the Jeonnam branch and Yeosu branch of the Korea Theater Association.

The Jeonnam National Theater Festival will be held under the slogan "Playing Theater in the Romantic City Yeosu" from the 9th to the 17th at Yeosu Citizens' Hall and other venues.
Photo by Yeosu City

The festival will take place from the 9th to the 17th at Yeosu Citizen Hall, Jinnam Cultural Center, and Student Education and Culture Hall, with free admission. Tickets can be obtained at nearby town offices or the Yeosu City Culture and Arts Department.

On the opening day, the 9th, the play "Returning," which won the Excellence Award and Directing Award at the 36th Seoul Theater Festival in 2015, will open the festival at Yeosu Citizen Hall as the invited opening performance, featuring a cast including Kim Suro, Kang Sungjin, and 10 others.

Following that, the schedule includes ▲ October 10th invited performance at Jinnam Cultural Center by Areumdaun Theater Company ("Forced Marriage") ▲ October 11th at Yeosu Culture Hall by Korea Theater Association Suncheon Branch ("Hello") ▲ October 12th at Yeosu Citizen Hall by Theater Company History ("That Day, Memory") ▲ October 13th at Jinnam Cultural Center by Culture and Arts Workshop Baramkkot ("Our Language Writing") and at Student Education and Culture Hall by Korea Theater Association Mokpo Branch ("Knock") ▲ October 14th at Yeosu Citizen Hall by Creation ("Flying Wonder Woman") ▲ October 15th at Jinnam Cultural Center by Theater Group Ban ("Exceptions and Customs") ▲ October 16th at Yeosu Citizen Hall by Geukbaljeonso 301 ("Miljeong List").

For this theater festival, a public call for applications was held from the 6th to the 13th of last month targeting theater performance arts groups nationwide. After preliminary judging on the 16th, six final performance teams were selected.

In addition to the festival, famous actors such as Park Ho-san, Ahn Seok-hwan, and Kim Dong-hyun will provide performance guidance and photo time to the audience before the plays. An Art Delivery program will also be conducted, where performances are brought directly to nursing homes or day care centers for culturally marginalized groups with mobility difficulties.

Jeong Gi-myeong, Mayor of Yeosu, said, "This festival was prepared to provide local residents with opportunities to enjoy theater culture and to serve as a venue for active exchange among local artists. We expect that the first Jeonnam Theater Festival held in Yeosu will enhance Yeosu’s cultural competitiveness and become a great driving force for the development of Yeosu as a cultural city."

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