The memories of the dead ask questions of the living

Kunhyung Parkʼs Theatre Company Golmokil cuts deep into contemporary society from the perspective of those who dwell in the backstreets. After producing a satire about the previous president of South Korea, Kunhyung Park had difficulty making new work for some time due to government pressure. Premiered in March to widespread attention, this ambitious play unfolds across four storylines: an army deserter in 2015; Korean kamikaze pilots in 1945; contractors for the United States military in Iraq in 2004; and the crew of a patrol boat sunk near Baengnyeong Island, on the maritime boundary with North Korea, in 2010. Tracing the lives of these people, the at times witty play transcends the divide of history to pose compelling questions for our lives in the present. Who is the perpetrator and who is the victim? Why is there war? And where is the real battle line?

Read an interview with Kunyhun Park