Quad, Questions of Theater: Seoan Hwacha (쿼드, 연극의 질문들：〈서안화차〉)

Dates · Venue

Dates

Dec 16, 2026 (Wed) ~ Dec 27, 2026 (Sun)

Venue

Daehakro Theater Quad (대학로극장 쿼드)

Address

122 Dongsung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul (서울특별시 종로구 동숭길 122, 동숭동)

Hours

- Weekdays 19:30- Weekends 15:00※ No performances on Mondays

Admission

All seats KRW 50,000※ For detailed fees and discount information, see the official website.

Organizer

Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Daehakro Theater Quad (서울문화재단 대학로극장 쿼드)

Age / audience

Age 13 and over

Contact phone

1577-0369

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About the event

On a train racing toward the Mount Li tomb in Xi'an, China, Sanggon is full of anticipation for the underground palace of Emperor Qin Shi Huang and the countless terracotta warriors he is about to see. As Sanggon thinks of the emperor, who longed for eternity within a finite life, and of the things he has 'never fully had' in his own life, the train arrives in Xi'an. He is a Korean with a Chinese mother, a person with a love that was never fully returned. Standing before the emperor's desire for immortality, what is Sanggon's own desire for life? Sanggon, who has lived on the 'margins' all his life, stands before the greatest of stories and sees himself. Before that enormous desire, he finally looks into his own story.

Main programs

• <2026 Quad, Questions of Theater: Evolving Text>
• This project focuses on 'text,' the essence of theater, and explores the present and future of contemporary theater through the power of plays that are endlessly reinterpreted across eras. From William Shakespeare to modern plays and contemporary Korean theater texts, five works are newly evolved through five master directors who led the golden age of Korean theater: Kim Ara, Kim Gwangbo, Kim Wook, Lee Seongyeol, and Han Taesook.
• <Seoan Hwacha> was written and directed by Han Taesook herself and premiered in 2003 at the Jeongmiso small theater. At its premiere, it drew critical attention, sweeping the Dong-A Theater Awards for best play, directing, stage design, and acting.
• <Seoan Hwacha> is one of the works by director Han Taesook that has been restaged relatively often. It was selected as an invited work of the 12th Beseto Theatre Festival in 2005, performed for the 10th anniversary of the Mulli theater company in 2008, and restaged in 2015, and it has continued to draw the attention of audiences and critics through changing times. Centered on Sanggon, a 'homosexual character' that could be called 'radical' at the time, the play started from human desire and densely portrays the unique power of theater, in which time, memory, and even space can expand without limit.

How to get there

122 Dongsung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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