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We, even in the darkest times, have the right to expect some kind of light. – Hanna Arendt

A piece of theatre you’ve never seen anywhere else that will enchant you completely

About performance

In one room, in a space turned into ruins in Syrian Civil War, a civilian rescue unit called The White Helmets is rescuing children under the ruins. In another room, near a university in Seoul, the riot police called The White skulls are beating up the students who protested against dictatorship. Both are wearing white helmets, but they stand for something entirely different. In these two rooms, the audience witness historical events taking place in different times and different countries. They become the rescue unit to save kids one moment and riot police who arrest students. Inviting the audience into historical situations that was only heard about or never experienced, this piece throws a question about ‘our future.’

Synopsis

For a long period of time, mankind has carved a vast history of violence and human disaster, led by wars. Even now, so many lives are vanishing on the other side of the planet because of unbridled violence, with the truths being buried with it. Through the incidents of the White Skull of 1987 in Seoul, Korea, and White Helmets of 2017 in Aleppo, Syria, this piece tries to focus on vanished stories, nameless people and buried truths.

Credit

Director / Tae-hyung Kim

Producer / In-suk Jung

Writer / Ee-sun Gee

Set, Prop Design / Mi-kyung Kim

Lighting Design / Yun-young Koo

Sound Design / Ji-hwi Kwon

Composer / Bo-mi Lee

Movement Director / Jung-ju Seo

Choreographer / Hyun-jung Lee

Costume Design / Moon-ki Hong

Cast / Seok-jun Lee, Ji-yoon Son, So-min Yang, Ho-young Lee, Do-vin Kim

About company

IMCULTURE CO., LTD.

IMCULTURE CO., LTD. is a performance production company founded in March 2014, which brought together many creative professionals who’ve been working to develop performing arts culture in Korea for more than a decade to create top-notch productions based on their know-hows. From its first year, a new musical < Roh Ki soo > and play already gained wide popularity and critical recognition. In 2016, the second run of the two productions as well as the plays and , achieving more than 90% of seat occupancy. In addition in 2017, the company presented new works including , an improvised musical tried out for the first time in Korea, cabaret musical and plays and and also developed , keeping in mind the international audience, which will be premiered in Korea and presented in Edinburgh Festival in 2019. IMCULTURE CO., LTD. aims to produce distinctive new productions in order to contribute to the development of performing arts scene as well as new audiences to expand the market.