Actor Lee Do-young of the School of Drama Gets Cast in a Play for the 140 Anniversary of Korea-UK Relations

Lee Do-young was cast in the play, “I Lost My Virginity to Chopin’s Nocturne in B-Flat Minor,” co-produced by artists from Korea and the UK that celebrates the 140^th anniversary of the Korea-UK relations. In this piece, he took the role of Choi Woojin, an upper-class man of Korea’s Generation MZ. After graduating from the School of Drama, Lee Do-youg earned recognition for acting in film, musicals, and theater and won the Best Acting award by Korea’s New Directors. 

In the production of “I Lost My Virginity to Chopin’s Nocturne in B-Flat,” Korea’s performance group, “Adapter theater,” and the British performance groups, “Paper mug theatre,” and “Ilovestage,” engaged together. Crossing borders, the young Korean and British artists deliver the story of contemporary young people through the play. The work straightforwardly portrays the concerns of young people about love in the realities of Korea and the UK who live in a time when people are trans-connected via the digital.

Playwright Sebastian Gardner, the winner of many prizes who is in the limelight in the British theater field, wrote the play. The play has already been well received by the audience in the UK, even being referred to as the textbook of modern theatre. The audience praised the work for drawing eye-catching attention and empathy. 

In Korea, the work will be staged at the Adapter Place, Busan from 1 March to 2 April.