Outstanding Theatre

It is very strange to leave the theatre while the audience is still applauding the artists on the stage. I felt I was leaving a piece of me while I was collecting my coat from the cloakroom to run to a work dinner. I had the sensation that the audience was clapping so strongly that it moved the thick curtains. Last evening I left the Hungarian Theatre still feeling the magic of the show on my skin. The director In Woo Nam has brought on our stage an amazing show Sacheon-ga, based on The Good Woman of Sezchuan by Bertolt Brecht. On the stage there is a charismatic, versatile Jaram Lee; using a television expression I could call her an one woman show, just to stress more on how deep and strong her singing and acting skills are.
What at first seemed an empty stage was in reality full off suggestions, by the use of simple things. The director has built a full world, a town, a fast food, a factory... On the stage with Jaram Lee, there is a band who, through their music, guide Jaram Lee's story  (Hyuck Joe Jang, Hyang Ha Lee, Seungtae Shin), while three actors support the scene (Dae Seok Oh, Yujin Oh, Pyungjoe Kim). You would ask at this point why this time I am writing down all the artists name? For one simple reason: the show was so powerful and perfect thank not only to the great intelligence of the director, but to the outstanding empathy the artists have brought on the stage. It is true as well that the oriental ingredient has in itself a massive charm, an antique and blossom freshness at the same time, but all these ingredients are not enough if the actors are not excellent, and what I watched last evening was a fabulous example of theatre.
The full room was invaded by this oriental sweet scent, and while Jaram Lee was holding the stage moving from one character to another, the parterre was caught in her singing voice and her gracefulness. If, without ever watching it, someone told me about one show built like Sacheon-ga, I would never expected to be so much fascinated and impressed with such a work. 

To add more wit and dynamism the director added some pinch of humour, that made a perfect day of theatre.

Paola Faraca