Hanyang University and Seongsu-dong Successfully Conclude Joint Production of "Not a Pop-up"

Community-Based Collaborative Production Receives Positive Reviews

Hanyang University announced on December 2 that the citizen-participatory performance "Not a Pop-up," jointly produced by students from the Department of Theater and Film and residents of Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, has concluded.

Hanyang University performed the citizen theater play "Pop-up Anigin Hae," based in Seongsu-dong. Hanyang University

This performance was held as part of the "2025-2nd Semester Field-Linked Production," a university innovation support project sponsored by the Seongdong Cultural Foundation.

This project adopted the "Devising Theatre" method. Devising Theatre is a collaborative creative approach in which all team members participate in every stage of production, creating an original work through various processes rather than following a single method.

The production team interviewed residents who live or engage in commercial or labor activities in Seongsu-dong, and based on these interviews, developed the themes and scenes of the performance.

Through this collaborative creative process, "Not a Pop-up" was completed and performed a total of three times over two days, on November 26 and 27, at the Survival Hall on the first floor of PUBG Seongsu in Seongsu-dong.

Before and after the performance, a pop-up experience zone was operated, featuring merchants who actually run cafes, accessory shops, handmade shoe stores, and perfume workshops in Seongsu-dong.

Kim Seokyun, professor of the Department of Theater and Film at Hanyang University and supervising professor, said, "It was not easy to incorporate all the keywords-community-based, collaborative creation, field-linked, and citizen theater-into one work, but thanks to the team's efforts, we were able to complete a new type of production in collaboration with local merchants."

Meanwhile, the Department of Theater and Film at Hanyang University previously presented the forum theater play "Welcome to Kkakkeukka Ppokeukkae" at the Songjeong-dong Senior Welfare Center in Seongdong-gu in June.

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