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Fringe 2007 Reviews (78)
Choon-Hyang - True Love
Theatre Seoul
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If you've been around about the Royal Mile during the
last couple of weeks you will have seen charming wee munchkins
in gorgeous Korean national costumes posing very politely
for the click of cameras. Perhaps, you've also wished
you could put a couple in your pocket and take them home
to arrange on the mantelpiece. Instead, you should go
and see their show. However much these delicate and very
beautiful children might resemble porcelain dolls to the
casual eye, when the house lights go down and the spotlights
go up they transform into accomplished performers, brimming
with energy and bursting with talent.These enchanting
and elegant performers herald from Seoul Theatre, a children's
company which has operated in English since 1995 with
ages ranging from 4 to 19. The company focuses as much
on education as entertainment, and it is easy to see that
these performers have worked very hard to make their work
seem effortless. Their timing is perfection, their gestures
graceful and assured. Even the youngest sing and move
like angels. The story is simple and familiar: a tale
of true love almost thwarted by social conventions and
circumstances. The loving young couple are separated when
the boy's father sends him to the emperor's court to better
himself. A local potentate, greedy and evil, falls for
the young bride and when she rejects his advances, she
is incarcerated and all the people suffer as the villain
imposes extortionate taxes on the people. Happily, your
young hero's virtues have caught the emperor's eye, and
he is sent to investigate the disruptions taking place
in this remote province. The production values are excellent:
the costumes in particular are a feast for the eye. Scenery
is replaced with projections onto a back-cloth, which
is a flexible as well as aesthetically pleasing. This
is a show which will inspire our own children. So, mums
and dads and grandmas and granddads throughout Edinburgh
have until the 27th to take their own wee darlings for
a real treat.Jackie Fletcher
Fringe 2007 Reviews (78)
Choon-Hyang - True Love
Theatre Seoul
C Chambers Street
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Choon-Hyang: True Love
Theatre Seoul
Using lavish costumes and wonderful dances, 'Choon-Hyang'
tells the traditional Korean story of a young couple in
love and vowing never to part no matter what happens.
It's a sweet, simple story so it's easy to follow, and
their exaggerated actions make up for their accents, which
some children may find hard to understand. The young performers
in the production really are phenomenal and deserve all
the praise they can get, and the mother of Choon-Hyang
was especially good with her song about picking love over
security. There was a sense that the songs would have
been more powerfully sung in their native tongue, but
there was enough action and dance to keep audiences of
all ages entertained.
C, 10 - 27 Aug, 11:30am (12:30pm), prices vary, fpp 161.
tw rating: 3/5
published: Aug-2007
[Liz Henley]