Quad, Questions of Theater: Flames (쿼드, 연극의 질문들：〈화염〉)

Dates · Venue

Dates

Nov 14, 2026 (Sat) ~ Dec 6, 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- 11/14 (Sat) 18:00※ 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) / Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Daehakro Theater Quad, Theater Company Baeksugwangbu (서울문화재단 대학로극장 쿼드, 극단 백수광부)

Age / audience

Age 16 and over

Contact phone

1577-0369

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About the event

The twin siblings Jeanne and Simon are thrown into confusion when they read the will of their mother, Nawal, who stayed silent for the last 5 years before she died. The will asks them to find the father they thought was dead and a brother they never knew existed, and to deliver a letter she left. It also contains her request to be buried without a coffin or gravestone. The siblings set out following their mother's traces and gradually come closer to her veiled past. At the end of that past, they come face to face with a shocking truth about their mother's silence.

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.
• <Flames>
• <Flames> depicts the journey of twin siblings tracing the truth amid a history of war and massacre. In the process, it reveals the structure of repeated hatred and focuses on 'love as an act of will' as the power to break it. The work skillfully revives the Greek tragedy Oedipus myth as a modern myth, makes today's audience face violence and responsibility, and widens its perspective beyond personal tragedy to the question of human dignity.

How to get there

122 Dongsung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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