Lee Jaram brings pansori 'Snow, Snow, Snow' home after acclaimed run in Avignon
Pansori performer Lee Jaram will return to Seoul in October with “Snow, Snow, Snow,” her contemporary reimagining of Leo Tolstoy’s “Master and Man,” following a sold-out run and standing ovations at this July's Festival d’Avignon in France. The two-night production will be staged Oct. 23 and 24 at LG Arts Center Seoul’s LG Signature Hall in southwestern Seoul's Magok area. It will be the first…
Pansori artist Lee Jaram will return to Seoul in October with her contemporary adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Master and Man," titled "Snow, Snow, Snow", after an acclaimed run and standing ovations at the Festival d'Avignon in France this July. The two-night production will be staged on October 23 and 24 at the LG Arts Center Seoul's LG Signature Hall in Seoul's Magok area.
This marks the first large-scale performance in Seoul, following its premiere at the center's smaller stage in 2025. Written, composed and performed by Lee, "Snow, Snow, Snow" takes Tolstoy's 1895 short story of merchant Vasili lost in a blizzard while pursuing a lucrative forest deal with his servant Nikita and transforms it into a one-person pansori epic.
Lee uses a fan, voice and percussion accompaniment of gosu, or drummer, played by Lee Jun-hyoung, to move among the merchant, servant, horse, dog, narrator and the snowstorm itself. The show sold out in four performances at the Festival d'Avignon from July 17 to 22, with spectators reportedly lining up outside to secure returned tickets and join the performance.
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