Intro
A short pansori production based on the tales closest to our daily lives

Synopsis
Excuse me is based on writer KIM, Ae-ran’s short story "No Knocking in This House" and has been adapted into a traditional Korean solo pansori performance. Excuse me tells the story of five women who come together in a boarding house after living their separate lives and gives a glimpse into the life of the modern-day person. These women live in an L-shaped boarding house and make efforts not to cross one other’s’ paths. The newest addition, Seung-ha, becomes suspicious of the women living next door, whom she has never met, after a series of minor and major incidents. However, it becomes apparent that, without even realizing it, she is living the same life as her neighbors. One day her shoes get stolen, so she secretly looks into the room next door...

Creator / artist
Pansori Project ZA, headed by art director LEE, Ja-ram, consists of members LEE, Seung-hee, KIM, Hong-sik, LEE, Hyang-ha, SHIN, Seung-tae, and KIM, So-jin. The team creates and performs works in the pansori genre, a traditional Korean performing art with high artistic value, and shares this up close with the audience. ZA is dedicated to creating new performing arts works based on the style, aesthetic and descriptive aspects of the five epics of traditional pansori and other sources.