Orange Polar Bear

William and Jiyoung are fifteen, living invisible lives in chaotic cities on opposite sides of the world.  

William is British.  He lives with his mum, an immigrant who cleans up after other people who can't be bothered to do their own hoovering.  She doesn't understand why people want to flee the country.  William does. Jiyong is South Korean, stuck with her dad and grandma in a fifteenth floor flat, and looking for her mother who left thirteen years ago.

When the two find themselves adrift in a mysterious space, floating like two polar bears on melting ice bergs, they wonder if they'll ever make it back…

Co-written by award-winning playwrights Evan Placey and Sun-Duck Ko, this raw, funny and heartrending new play gives voice to a young generation trying to find their place in an overwhelming, fast-changing world.

Featuring powerful visuals and sound design and inventive staging, Orange Polar Bear is performed in two languages by an extraordinary ensemble of British and Korean actors. 

Performed in English and Korean

Creatives

Writers Sun-Duck Ko and Evan Placey
Director Peter Wynne-Willson 
Art Director & Designer Shin Dong Yeo
Lighting Designer Simon Bond
Costume Design Collaboration Nuri Na and Kay Wilton
Prop Designer Min Hee Kwon
Composer Yeong Gyu Jang
Sound Designer Seo Jin Lim
Movement Director Yun Jung Lee
Video/Projection Artist Shin Dong Yeo and Byung Mok Jung
Director of Projection & Sound Kennikie Yun
Projection & Sound for the UK Seokgi Park
Education Director Mi Jeong Kim

Don't Miss

On Wednesday 7 November, there will be a symposium on Making Multi-Lingual Theatre. To find out more, click here.