Hard for anything in the festival... to top this

- The Business Times, Singapore
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In a nutshell:
Boundary-breaking theatre that won't let you go / Four pianos, and pianists / A first for our city

Script and Lyrics: Han Areum 
Director: Seo Jae-Hyung
Composer: Choe Uzong  

Performed in Korean with English surtitles

Thurs 17 unavailable.
Fri 18 B res/ group prices only available sorry.

The Chorus; Oedipus is a contemporary Korean theatre work that uses a riveting mix of music, movement and drama to relate Sophocles’ well-known Greek tragedy as a musical.

In this incredible adaptation, the chorus is the star. Sinewy and athletic they move in unison, channeling a foreboding wind, a chariot, a flock of birds and the tormented Oedipus himself. The play is underscored by pianists performing live on four pianos and high-energy, in-the-moment choreography and harmonic vocals.

Rich in metaphor and imagery and layered with spectacularly nuanced and beautiful performances, The Chorus; Oedipus is intimate in scale and epic in scope. A huge box-office hit at 2014’s Singapore International Arts Festival The Chorus; Oedipus had audiences clamoring to get tickets.

Witness how this tale as old as time becomes as fresh, contemporary, stylish and original as it was when it first hit the ampitheatre 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece. 

'Rexellent – the entire thing was a goosebump moment' – Today, Singapore

'Worthy of the ten-minute standing ovation it received' – TimeOut, Singapore

Photograph: JD Woo and Tuckys Photography

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TALK EXISTINGPost Show Talk: Friday 18 March

 

Extras for teachers:
The Chorus; Oedipus Reviews

 

 

 

 

 

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