Japanese-South Korean Cultural Exchange Project / Setagaya Public Theatre 20th Anniversary Production / Setagaya Public Theatre + Hyogo Performing Arts Center
일한문화교류기획 / 세타가야퍼블릭씨어터 개관 20주년 기념공연 / 세타가야퍼블릭씨어터 + 효고현립예술문화센터
『Peer Gynt <페르 귄트>』 Productions

Outline

An Enduring Masterpiece Returns to the Stage Through the Efforts of One of South Korea’s Leading Directors and a Japanese and Korean Cast

Written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen in 1867, Peer Gynt tells the story of an unfettered young man by that name and of the checkered career he follows. This extremely well known play has been widely and frequently performed ever since its stage premier in 1876.

The creative force behind the present production, the energetic stage director Jungung Yang, is an internationally acclaimed director with an impressive string of achievements. He was the first representative of Korean theatre to have been invited to stage productions in the UK, first at the Barbican Centre in 2006 and later at Globe Theatre in 2012. More recently, Yang has also been gathering attention since he was appointed to direct the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

For his new production of Peer Gynt, Yang has gathered together a cast of 20 Japanese and Korean actors for an international cultural exchange project that is an appropriate way of celebrating the 20th anniversary of Setagaya Public Theatre, which has a rich history of showcasing first-class artists and established works from past eras.

This performance is being jointly organized, planned, produced and staged by Setagaya Public Theatre and Hyogo Performing Arts Center.

한국 연극계를 선도하는 연출가와 일본과 한국의 배우들이 만나 불굴의 명작이 다시 태어난다

노르웨이의 극작가 입센이 1867년에 쓴 <페르 귄트>는 자유분방한 청년 페르가 걷게 되는 파란만장한 일생을 그린 이야기로 초연 이래 저명한 연출가들에 의해 계속 상연되며 오늘날에 이르게 된 유명한 희곡입니다.

이번에 연출을 맡은 에너제틱하며 예리한 연출가 양정웅 씨는 한국 연극사상 최초로 영국 글로브극장과 바비칸센터에 초청되는 등 해외에서도 활약 중인 국제파. 2018년 평창 동계 올림픽의 개폐회식 총연출을 담당하는 것으로도 주목받고 있습니다.

이번에는 양정웅 연출과 함께 일본과 한국의 배우 20명이 집결하여, 지금까지 세계적인 일류 아티스트들과 작품을 창작해온 저희 극장의 20주년에 걸맞는, 국제적인 문화교류를 탄생시킬 작품으로 만들어질 것입니다.

세타가야퍼블릭씨어터와 효고현립예술문화센터의 공동주최・기획제작 공연.

Story

Peer Gynt (Kenji Urai) is a romantic youth. He lives a freewheeling life, much to the chagrin of his mother Åse (Marcia), who worries about his future. Peer starts living with Solveig (Shuri), a woman who is attracted to his innocent spirit, but he is led astray by a voice from the darkness that tells him, “Go roundabout, Peer.” Heeding the voice, he leaves Solveig, crosses the sea, and wanders around the world. At the end of his myriad adventures, which are filled with ups and downs that see him make and then lose a fortune, he returns to his hometown, but——. Peer’s magnificent “journey of self discovery” in which he pursues his true self to the ends of the earth, is a story that remains fresh and vivid even 150 years after it was first written down.

줄거리

페르 귄트(우라이 켄지)는 허황된 꿈을 쫓는 청년. 그의 장래를 걱정하는 어머니 오세(마르시아)를 내팽개치고 자유분방한 나날을 보낸다. 페르의 순진무구한 영혼에 이끌린 솔베이지(슈리)와 연을 맺지만, <돌아서 가라> 는 어둠의 목소리에 이끌리듯 바다를 건너 세계를 떠돈다. 몇번이나 재산을 모았다가 탕진하고마는 파란만장한 모험 끝에 겨우 고향으로 향하는데…. 참된 행복, 진정한 자신을 끝까지 추구하는, 150년이 지난 지금도 빛바래지 않는 장대한 <나를 찾는> 이야기.

Profile
Director: Jungung Yang

Born in 1968, Yang is the founder and director of South Korea’s Yohangza Theatre Company and a professor of courses in drama at the Department of Theatre of Seoul Institute of the Arts. After graduating from the Department of Creative Writing of the Seoul Institute of the Arts, for two years beginning in 1994 he collaborated with actors from many countries including Spain, Japan, India, etc.  In 1996 he returned to South Korea, where he launched the theatrical company Yeo-haeng-ja (Traveller). He gained considerable attention with Les Chaises (written by Eugene Ionesco), which he presented in 2001. Since then, he has employed his unique experimental direction, which integrates tradition with contemporary drama, to interweave the body, language and images colorfully in space. He has been described as a leader in nurturing the world’s next generation of theatrical performers.

Yang has remained active internationally. For instance, in 2006, in a remarkable first for a Korean practitioner of theatre, his adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which he dramatized and directed, was presented by the Yohangza Theatre Company at the Barbican Theatre in London, and in 2012 the company was again invited back to London to perform this play at the Shakespeare Globe Theatre as part of season commemorating the 2012 London Olympics. Currently, Yang is also working on the production of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

프로필

연출 : 양정웅

1968년생. 한국의 극단 여행자 예술감독. 서울예술대학 공연학부 연극전공 교수. 서울예술대학 문예창작과 졸업 후, 94년부터 2년동안 스페인, 일본, 인도 등에서 다국적 배우들과 함께 활동. 96년 한국으로 돌아와 다음해에 극단 여행자를 창단. 2001년에 발표한 <의자>(이오네스코 작)로 일약 각광을 받는다. 이후 전통과 현대를 융합하고 신체, 언어, 이미지를 다채롭게 공간 안에 엮어내는 독자적이고 실험적인 연출은 늘 반향을 불러 일으켜 세계 연극계의 차세대를 담당할 리더로 평가받고 있다. 또한 각색・연출한 <한여름밤의 꿈>이 한국 연극사상 최초로 06년 영국 바비칸센터, 12년 런던 올림픽 기념공연으로 셰익스피어 글로브극장에 초청되는 등 해외에서도 활약. 한국문화관광부 장관상 등 수상 다수. 18년 평창 동계 올림픽의 개폐회식 총연출을 담당.

Cast & Creative

[Original] Henrik Johan Ibsen　[원작] 헨리크 입센
[Staging Script/Direction] Jungung Yang　 [상연대본・연출] 양정웅

[Cast][출연]

Kenji Urai 우라이 켄지　
Shuri 슈리　Marisa 마리사　Rina 리나　Ayako Umemura 우메무라 아야코
Aki Tsujita 츠지타 아키　Satsuki Okazaki 오카자키 사츠키
Masahiro Asano 아사노 마사히로　Tetsuro Ishibashi　이시바시 테츠로　
Masahiro Usui 우스이 마사히로　Koji furukawa 후루카와 코우지
Ken Iwainofu 이와이노후 켄　Masaharu Imazu 이마즈 마사하루　Yonho Chou 조영호
Daijin Kim 김대진　Hwajung Lee 이화정　Beomjin Kim 김범진　Dongoh Seo 서동오
Dakyung Yoon 윤다경　Marcia 마르시아

Kenji Urai
우라이 켄지

Shuri
슈리

Marisa
마리사

Rina
리나

Ayako Umemura
우메무라 아야코

Aki Tsujita
츠지타 아키

Satsuki Okazaki
오카자키 사츠키

Masahiro Asano
아사노 마사히로

Tetsuro Ishibashi
이시바시 테츠로

Masahiro Usui
우스이 마사히로

Koji furukawa
후루카와 코우지

Ken Iwainofu
이와이노후 켄

Masaharu Imazu
이마즈 마사하루

Yonho Chou
조영호

Daijin Kim
김대진

Hwajung Lee
이화정

Beomjin Kim
김범진

Dongoh Seo
서동오

Dakyung Yoon
윤다경

Marcia
마르시아

 

Kazuki Kunihiro
쿠니히로 카즈키

Mari Sekine
세키네 마리

“Peer Gynt"　Korean Version Photos

Premiered in 2009

(c)LG Arts Center & JD Woo

(c)LG Arts Center & LJS

(c)LG Arts Center & LJS

(c)LG Arts Center & LJS

On Tour

★Hyogo
Hyogo Reforming Arts Center
Sat 30 December ‐Sun 31 December

Videos

• Jungung Yang　양정웅　
• Kenji Urai　우라이 켄지　

Audience Support

Childcare Service

A childcare service is normally available for performances staged at Setagaya Public Theatre and Theatre Tram for which advance tickets are sold.

Wheelchair Spaces

Both Setagaya Public Theatre and Theatre Tram are equipped with wheelchair spaces to allow visitors to watch performances from their wheelchairs. However, as capacity is limited, use of wheelchair spaces is by reservation only.

Wheelchair spaces may be reserved up to 19:00 on the day before the desired date, but when the number of reservations reaches capacity, applications will be closed. So please make your reservation well in advance. Also, for wheelchair users who prefer to watch the performance from a regular seat, the theatre will smoothly guide them too and from their seat. Please contact the theatre in advance to take advantage of this service.