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...

Review

“Excuse Me is the most accurate portrayal of real life and, rather than give ungenuine sympathy to life’s loneliness and struggles, it gives realistic and honest empathy and is not afraid to say I’m going through the same issue.” - News Culture “An honest and strong depiction of the ‘exit-free’ life suffered the youths of this generation.” - Hankyoreh “A performance that shows that Pansori can be considered the perfect music genre to pleasantly convey the heavy and irksome side of our everyday lives.” - [Performance/Pansori] “Is anybody there?” - 『Excuse Me』/ Author: life explorer Kyoung Ji-young

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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.

Promotion Infomation

TOUR SIZE
Performers : 2
Staff : 6

DURATION
75 min. Including intermission

STAGE SIZE
Width : 8 m, Depth : 6 m, Height : 4 m

Contact

YU, Hyun-jin

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