Shakespeare's Comedy, Creative Group Reservations for the 16th-20th Audience's Fascination with Masked Mask Play

Apr 08, 2025

Shakespeare's Comedy, Creative Group Reservations for the 16th-20th Audience's Fascination with Masked Mask Play



The creative group 'If You Go There' will present a new 2025 work, a mask play 'Twenty-Yi' at the Earth Art Hall from April 16th to 20th. This performance will provide a new performance experience to the audience by maximizing artistic innovation through mask plays and the comedy of Shakespeare's original work.

The work, presented by director Baek Nam-young (Professor of Drama at Chung-Ang University), attracts audiences with its original stage language that combines masks and actors' gestures. Twin siblings separated by shipwreck, romance with love and misunderstanding, and a mask play that contains the truth hidden in disguise 'Twenty-Ya' depicts the original's pleasant misunderstanding, reversal, and passion for love in a more lively mask than the real face.

Actors use masks to cross characters. Dramatic expressions and comedic movements convey the emotions of the character, and the subtle facial expression changes and detailed gestures created by the mask are 'white beauty'.




The stage, which combines visual beauty and music, is also mysterious and fascinating like a dream world. The directing technique, which combines tradition and modernity, reinterprets Shakespeare's masterpieces with a new sense.

Shakespeare's Comedy, Creative Group Reservations for the 16th-20th Audience's Fascination with Masked Mask Play
The creative group 'If You Go There' has contributed to the diversity of performances by unrivaledly pioneering the genre of 'mask play' in the Korean performing world through theatrical experiments through various masks.

The masterpiece of 'If You Go There', 'Sorabyeol Story', has received a number of awards at domestic and international theater festivals and has become a 'steady seller' in the mask theater industry enough to prepare for a performance commemorating the 15th anniversary next year. In addition, the non-verbal mask play 'Bahnhof-Season 2' was selected as the grand prize of the Avignon GO OFF at the Busan International Theater Festival and was well received at the 2014 Avignon Festival. Another nonverbal mask play 'The Messenger' was also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the UK in 2023, drawing attention.




Shakespeare's Comedy, Creative Group Reservations for the 16th-20th Audience's Fascination with Masked Mask Play
The new 2025 mask play 'Twenty' also concentrates their artistic capabilities. Lee Soo-eun, CEO of Mask Design and Production, Professor Baek Nam-young, who was in charge of adaptation and directing, and all actors and staff will work together to deliver another theatrical experience to the audience.

Actors Ahn Do-yeop, Sa Yoon-il, Kim Gun-woo, Lee Ji-ho, Choi Joo-chan, Baek Seung-yeon, Wi Hyun-wook and Um Hye-rin will participate in the performance, and supporting actors Yoon Soo-yeon, music Kim Tae-geun, lighting Kim Min-kyung, stage Lee Seung-hee, costume Kim Ji-woo, technical director Kim Kwang-seop, and production manager Baek Baek Baek Ji-rin will participate as staff members.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.