Deferral Theatre

Deferral Theatre 유예극장 is part of the Yeosung Gukgeuk Project 여성국극 프로젝트2008present through which siren eun young jung reanimates a forgotten genre of allfemale Korean opera from the 1940s to 1960s By focusing on the construction and performance of masculinity in yeosung gukgeuk siren excavates histories of nonnormative gender identities intimacies and sexualities in Korea Deferral Theatre engages in the works and life stories of three contemporary artists Nam Eunjin a malerole yeosung gukgeuk actor Minhee Park a traditional gagok performer and drag king Azangman provoking questions around the patriarchal invention of a tradition and gender norms