Nanta (theatrical show)
musical
Nanta (Korean: 난타; Hanja: 亂打, also known as Cookin or Cookin' Nanta) is a South Korean non-verbal comedy show created and produced by Song Seung-whan and incorporates traditional samul nori rhythm.
Features
The musical has a simple back story of three cooks attempting to finish preparing a wedding banquet within a strict time limit while the manager installs his incompetent nephew among the kitchen staff. The show involves acrobatics, magic tricks, comedy, pantomime and audience participation. The unifying element throughout the musical is the use of traditional Korean samul nori music, which in this case is performed with improvised instruments, such as cutting boards, water canisters and kitchen knives. The performance is almost completely non-verbal. The very few words which are spoken are mostly in English.
History
In 1996, Song Seung-hwan of PMC Production, reached out to Kim Moon-soo after being impressed by his unconventional a 7-minute performance at an exhibition using broken refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, and buckets. He did a play with Song Seung-hwan in 1993. song watched Kim playing janggu and pansori carefully and invited him to the Nanta. Song Seung-hwan was planning a completely new piece and said, Let’s work together.
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