The play 'Wife', Choi Soo-young's first role challenge after debut, attracts 'attention'
Detect audience filming during performance → complain about inconvenience.
Source: Gleam Company, reporter Jang Yoon-seok
[The Fact|Reporter Park Ji-yoon] The play 'Wife', in which Girls' Generation member and actress Choi Soo-young appeared, announced her position regarding the controversy over Negligent in managing the performance room.
The production company of 'Wife' said on the 7th, "We plan to use this as an opportunity to increase the number of people entering the house. In addition, because there are many foreign audiences, we plan to Increase existing guidance comments by adding English." comments outside Korean."
The production company added: "We will continue to monitor illegal filming and other filming activities and take legal action."
Recently, at the official ticket office of 'Wife', "I kept taking pictures with the camera throughout the performance so I couldn't see or hear anything about the performance. I didn't know what the managers and staff were doing. What". They took 300 photos during the performance. It was the worst performance."
In addition, through some online communities, a male audience member who seemed to be a fan of Choi Soo-young took out his camera and took pictures continuously. Controversy broke out when the article spread with the content: "No one stopped the protests, and the protests took place in silence."
‘Wife’ is a performance where filming is prohibited. At the ticket office there is an announcement: "During the performance, including curtain call, taking photos, filming, or recording without prior agreement is strictly prohibited and may be confiscated and deported if discovered." presently. ."
However, some audience members ignored these instructions and took photos during the performance, causing discomfort to other audience members, and administrators took no action, further increasing the controversy.
'The Wife' is a work by British playwright Samuel Adamson in 2019. The film begins at the end of Henrik Ibsen's play 'A Doll's House' and organically connects the four eras from 1959 to 2046 to explores the lives of women and queer people presented with focus.
Choi Soo-young plays Daisy and Claire and will meet the audience in her first play since its debut. ‘Wife’ will be performed at LG Arts Center Seoul U+ Stage until February 8.