Thursday, November 08, 2007

The Donkey Show

Sunday afternoon Saejin got a cryptic message from Sung Ho asking us to meet him and his fiancee if we wanted to get a present. Thinking it was a free house gift and dinner we greedily went to DaeHang-ro. Once there we were told to find The Donkey Show theatre and it soon became clear what our gift was. DaeHang-ro is the heart of independent plays and comedy shows in Korea and this show definitely met both criteria.
The show takes place in a night club and we the audience stand, dance, participate and watch the story take place all around us. There is a lot of gender bending, singing and prancing around in little clothing that goes on. It's a lot of fun and worth seeing even if you don't know a lick of Korean you will enjoy the eye candy. The show was billed as a Broadway show (probably to bump up the ticket prices, Sung Ho got four for free) but I can't find anything anywhere to prove this right or wrong. It would definitely of been a lot more fun if we had gone on a busier night but it was definitely a surprisingly good way to end what was a quiet weekend.

1 comment:

Darth Gateau said...

Oh I'm soooo enjoying that eye candy!
In London there was a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream set to disco music and played out in a real nightclub - everyone was involved as the actors danced amongst us. It was great!