World fest to attract modern theaters

By Chung Ah-young

A variety of masterful performing arts from dance, theater to music from nine countries will attract theatergoers together to the 4th World Festival of National Theaters which will take place at the National Theater of Korea in Seoul from Sept. 1 to Oct. 30.

Since 2007, the festival has grown into one of the nation’s biggest events, based on ever expanding ties with national theaters throughout the world.

This year’s lineup features 34 pieces of contemporary theater that encompass modernism and post-modernism in theatrical arts and reinterpret the classical pieces for two months.