Jeon Do-yeon X Park Hae-soo's "Cherry Blossom Garden" is going overseas...Hong Kong and Singapore → New York 'global tour' begins

Jul 16, 2025

Jeon Do-yeon X Park Hae-soo's 'Cherry Blossom Garden' is going overseas...Hong Kong and Singapore → New York 'global tour' begins



Produced by LG Art Center and directed by Simon Stone, the play 「Cherry Blossom Garden」 will begin its overseas tour in earnest. 'Cherry Garden', which recorded a 95% audience share at its premiere in Seoul last year, will start with Hong Kong performances in September, Singapore in November, and Australia and the United States in 2026.

'Cherry Garden' attracted about 40,000 viewers with a total of 30 performances at LG Art Center Seoul in 2024. Ten premiere actors, including Jeon Do-yeon and Park Hae-soo, will appear as they are to show strong original teamwork. Not only the theater industry, but also film and broadcasting directors and star actors were watching "It's not a concert hall, it's like a film festival award ceremony."It received such a heated response that even the words " came out.

In particular, world-renowned director Ivo van Hove visited Korea in person at the premiere and praised "'Cherry Garden' as a great modern reinterpretation', while major New York, Britain, and Australia theaters also praised "Most Impressive Modern Theater".




Thanks to this response, it will be on stage as the opening film of the '2025 Hong Kong Asia Plus Festival', which will be held at the Grand Theater of the Hong Kong Cultural Center from September 19 to 21. The festival is a prestigious event held by the Hong Kong government to showcase Asia's best performing arts.

He will then be on stage at the Esplanade, the center of Singapore's performing arts, from November 7-9. This performance will be promoted as part of a cultural event commemorating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Singapore.

Linda Lee, senior manager of the Hong Kong Festival Bureau, said "Simon Stone's reinterpretation of Chekhov's classics as a modern Seoul backdrop is very impressive. This work, which includes representative Korean actors, is bold and thoughtful." Singapore Esplanade Director Faith Tan also expressed expectation, saying, "This is the first large-scale Korean theater to be performed in Singapore, and it is also artistically meaningful."




'Cherry Garden' is a bold experiment that transferred the classics of Russian writer Anton Chekhov to the modern city of Seoul, and an attempt to build consensus with global audiences beyond language and culture.

LG Arts Center said, `We will challenge the world stage with works we have made based on our 25 years of experience introducing excellent overseas works to Korea.'






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.