The Apology
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Kyo Choi’s play for New Earth Theatre, directed by Ria Parry at the Arcola — nominated for the Off West End Award for Video Design in 2022. Seoul, 1991: three women’s lives intertwine around the UN investigation into the ‘comfort women’ of the Second World War. A play about historical truth and those who would rather it remain buried.
TK Hay’s set — a collage of papers — gave the video design a surface that was already about documentation and evidence. The design draws heavily on real-life documentary footage, working the archive material into the live action so that history and the present are in constant conversation. The lighting and video work together on a piece where both have a lot to carry.
Production
- Venue
- Arcola Theatre, London
- Year
- 2022
- Director
- Ria Parry
- Producer
- New Earth Theatre
Creative team
- Writer
- Kyo Choi
- Associate Director
- Emily Ling Williams
- Movement Director
- Jennifer Fletcher
- Set Designer
- TK Hay
- Costume Designer
- Erin Guan
- Sound Designer & Composer
- Jamie Lu
- Lighting Programmer
- Luca Panetta
- Video Programmer
- Benet Doeringer
Photography
© Ikin Yum
Notes
Nominated: Off West End Awards (Offies) 2022 — Video Design.