On October 9, 2019, the opening of the 88th theatrical season took place at the State Academic Korean Musical Comedy Theater with the premiere of the play “Tree”, based on Han Din’s play “Don’t Rock the Tree”. The director of the performance is Galina Pyanova, the artist is Anton Bolkunov, the composer is Georgy Yun.
Before the start of the grand opening of the 88th theatrical season, according to tradition, the youth prize was awarded to the leading actress of the theater Li Natalya, as part of the cooperation of Kakhak LLP, and the annual theater award named after Kim Dina to the soloist of the ballet troupe of the theater Choi Anna, in the framework of cooperation with the Association of Koreans of Kazakhstan.
Han Ding’s play “Don’t Rock the Tree” is a psychological drama that again raises the question of the unification of North and South Korea. In the play, on the border between them, on the 38th parallel, two Koreans from these countries accidentally meet during a heavy flood. Helping each other to avoid mortal danger, they climb a large tree, where their political contradictions are clarified. After a quarrel, a truce ensues, which develops into a human friendship, which is facilitated by the girl they saved. The main idea of the author of the play is that unification is possible when people want it.
The State Republican Academic Korean Theater of Musical Comedy was founded in 1932 (in the Far East of Russia, in 1937, as a result of deportation, it was transferred to the city of Kyzylorda). It is the only state Korean theater outside the Korean peninsula. Over the years of the theater’s work, more than 250 performances and concert programs have been presented, which have been watched by over 5 million spectators. In 1982, for merits in the development of Soviet theatrical art, the theater was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor; in 2002 with the gratitude of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in 2005 – with the Certificate of Honor of the President of the Republic of Korea. Developing in line with the unified ethno-cultural policy of Kazakhstan, the Korean theater preserves the national flavor, identity and language, enriching the culture of Koreans living in a multi-ethnic environment.
