Difficulty: Summiteer (Level 3)
A one-day theatre show in South Korea tried to give people a new way to enjoy performances. The Mangwon Theatre Project put on five new short plays in a real cafe in Seoul called Bumgoal Coffee.
This way, the audience was right in the middle of the action. Instead of separating performers and viewers, the show took place in a regular setting. Actors were among the audience, with no fixed stage or backstage. The performances began before viewers even realised they had. The show has Korean and English dialogue.
The Mangwon Theatre Project grew out of ROOOPRI. The independent collective was created by writer and director Kwon Min-chun and Tasha Park.
Through ROOOPRI, the pair host a semiregular gathering for writers, performers and artists to create and share their work.
