Chat About Korea 3rd Production: August 2021

[emcpow]

It was announced today that Billy Elliot the Musical will return to Korea once again (after two previous productions in 2010/11 and 2017/18). The 3rd Korean production will open in August 2021. The audition process for Billy and Michael will begin in February with submissions being taken from today.

https://twitter.com/i_seensee/status/12 ... 3077605376

[porschesrule]

Here's an update regarding the casting for the role of Billy in the upcoming new production of BETM in South Korea:

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/20 ... 00388.html

[porschesrule]

The third BETM production in South Korea opens this Tuesday (31-Aug-2021) in Seoul. Learn more about the production, along with the boys who will play the title role in it here at our sister site:

https://betm.theskykid.com/meet-billy-e ... orea-2021/

[porschesrule]

It's been announced that one actor from the musical <Billy Elliot> was confirmed with Covid-19 and the performances on September 22 and 23 were urgently canceled, and all the actors and staff of <Billy Elliot> performed a PCR test on the 22nd. It's been decided by the production company that
performances will be suspended until October 3 (Sun) and resume on October 4 (Mon).

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUKEJxapEw0 ... JrKKU5gA9k

[porschesrule]

As the COVID-19 vaccination rate increases in Korea, theatrical play and musical production companies, which have been hit hard by the pandemic, have started to offer discounts to vaccinated audiences to promote their shows as the government seeks to introduce a "living with COVID-19" scheme by November, shifting focus to treating serious cases only.

Audiences who received their first COVID-19 vaccine shot could get a 20 percent discount on tickets from Oct. 4 to 22 for the musical "Billy Elliot," which was adapted from the 2000 film of the same title.

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/20 ... 16329.html