Director·Speaker Soon-won Beck
In 2006, <Survival Paradise> is the story of a wife who has to make meals three times a day for a husband who took early retirement during the Korean financial crisis. 2006 was the period when people started to go online to play games such as the popular Lineage. In this work, two old couples sometimes quarrel and play online games together and enter a fantasy world. In 2013, the performance switched to adopt new games instead and in Octber 2020, the elderly couples will be playing advanced games such as VR and etc. in the play. While preparing for the performance, the theater is also seeking for overseas expansion.
ⓒGyu-baek Hwang
Theater BACK intends to try to join an overseas festival or tour with the performance of
Theater BACK means back stage, it also refers to another stage unfolding behind the real stage. Starting as a project group consisting of directing, playwrights, actors, and video in 2003, and becoming a theater company in 2010, Theater BACK has attempted a variety of multi-genre performances in which music, video, actors, and stories harmonize. It is a creative group that examines the individual desires and lives of humans in the structure of human nature and society through creative plays dealing with contemporary issues and daily life, the contemporary reconstruction of classics, and also studies to realise them into an artwork.
ⓒGyu-baek Hwang