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Article: South Korea goes large on Fringe CULTURAL EXCHANGE
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- March 10, 2005
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SOUTH Korea has formed an unlikely bond with the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe that will see four shows make the long journey from
Asia this year - including a Korean version of Shakespeare, The
Scotsman can reveal.
Audiences at the festival will this year have the choice of a show
that mixes Korean martial arts and comic mayhem - entitled Jump - as
well as an alternative version of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The new connection with South Korea goes well beyond just another
chapter in the Fringe's far-flung line-up, however.
Paul Gudgin, the Fringe director, travelled to Seoul in December
at the invitation of the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation. The trip
saw nearly 200 performers turn up ...