Date : 27 June - 1 July, 5-22 July 2006

Venue :

* Barbican Centre (Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS, 0207 638 4141, www.barbican.org.uk)

* Bristol - Tobacco Factory (Raleigh Road, Southville, Bristol, BS3 1TF, www.tobaccofactory.com)

Introduction

A dynamic, hilarious and fun visual and physical theatre production. Shakespeare form the East transports you to a world of unforgettable fantasy through dance, movement, voice and percussion. Both adults and children will enjoy this ninety-minute program.

Synopsis

It's a midsummer's night and Dokebi(Korean goblins), who love dancing and singing, are having a big party...

Meet these actors from the East and their unique Korean-style movements, facial expression and vocalization. You will witness the Korean equivalents of the fairy king and queen, Oberon and Titania, changing their sex, Bottom turning into a woman wandering for herbs, and Puck split into twins. This compelling and fresh mix of energetic dance, voice and percussion, is brought to life by the Tokebi, fairies for Korean mythical folklore.

In the story, Hang has fallen in love with Byock, but Byock's father is forcing her to marry Rue. So Hang and Byock decice to run away and secretly get married. Byock accidently tells her secret to her best friend, Eeck, who is in love with Rue. Eeck lets Rue in on the secret hoping that he will give up his love for Byock. But the story gets more and more twisted. Finally Rue runs after his love. Along the way the Tokebi Oberon is constantly chasing girls and his Tokebi wife (the head of all the goblins) has a plan to fix him.

Yohangza invites you to enjoy the infectious fun!