News

Performance news verified against KOPIS data — ticket openings, sell-outs and schedule changes, each with its source.

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  Ticket open·Sep 14, 2026KBS Changwon Hall books Kim Jang-hoon, Kim Soo-hee and Jo Hang-jo on a November weekend, on sale 16 SeptemberThree national tours from the same producer, Good Concert, play the 1,807-seat hall on 21 and 22 November. Tickets for all three open together at 11am on 16 September on Ticketlink.
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  Ticket open·Sep 14, 2026Gwanghwamun Sonata opens 2027 in Suwon: 2 and 3 January at Gyeonggi Arts Center, tickets on sale today at 4pmThe musical plays four performances at the Grand Theater of Gyeonggi Arts Center. VIP seats are 158,000 won, 2,000 won below Seoul and Busan, and tickets open on NOL Ticket at 4pm on 14 September.
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  Weekly roundup·Sep 13, 2026473 new productions registered with KOPIS this week473 productions were newly registered and 217 revised over the past week. Here are the new arrivals playing the largest halls.
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  Ticket open·Sep 13, 2026A Tale of Two Cities returns after 12 years, first tickets on sale 16 SeptemberShownote's new production of A Tale of Two Cities opens on 11 November at the BBCH Hall in Kwanglim Art Center and runs to 8 February 2027. The first on-sale is at 2pm on 16 September for performances from 11 to 22 November, in four grades from 80,000 won for A seats to 160,000 won for VIP.
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  Ticket open·Sep 13, 2026Byun Jin-sub adds a Seoul date at Mapo Art Center on 8 November, on sale 14 SeptemberA Seoul date has been added to Byun Jin-sub's Byunchunsa Season 2.5: Time Travel tour — 6pm on 8 November at Art Hall Mac in Mapo Art Center. Tickets open at 11am on 14 September through NOL Ticket, alongside the Gimje date, with VIP seats at 143,000 won.
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  Ticket open·Sep 13, 2026Island: 1933–2019 holds its second on-sale on 15 September, a week before openingIsland: 1933–2019, a music drama co-produced by the Chungdong Theater Foundation and Library Company, opens on 22 September and runs to 22 November. The second on-sale is at 11am on 15 September and covers performances from 13 October to 1 November. All seats are 77,000 won.
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  Ticket open·Sep 13, 2026Midnight: Actor Musician releases 37 performances in its fourth on-sale on 17 SeptemberThe fourth on-sale for Midnight: Actor Musician — THE CHOICE opens at 2pm on 17 September, covering 37 performances from 13 October to 8 November at 70,000 won a seat. Over the same weeks the same producer stages Midnight: Antlers in the main house of the same building.
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  Ticket open·Sep 13, 2026Yunchan Lim plays Rachmaninov's Third with Marin Alsop in Incheon, on sale 16 SeptemberThe date carrying Yunchan Lim's name on the Philadelphia Orchestra's visit is 5 November at Arts Center Incheon. He plays Rachmaninov's Third — the concerto he won the 2022 Van Cliburn with — again under Marin Alsop. Tickets open at 4pm on 16 September, from 90,000 won for C seats to 480,000 for R.
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  Ticket open·Sep 13, 2026Socrates Paradox opens its second round of ticket sales on 15 SeptemberThe original Korean musical Socrates Paradox opened on 10 September and runs to 29 November at Scon Hall 1 in NOL Seokyeong Square, Daehangno. The second on-sale is at 3pm on 15 September and covers performances from 13 October to 1 November, at 77,000 won for R seats, 55,000 for S and 44,000 for A.
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  Casting·Sep 12, 2026XMF 2026 publishes its timetable: 22 acts over two days at Paradise City, IncheonThe Korea-Japan festival released its running order on 11 September. It runs on 3 and 4 October at the Culture Park outdoor stage of Paradise City, with Ado, ONE OK ROCK and DAY6 among the 22 acts.
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  Ticket open·Sep 12, 2026Gone Tomorrow opens its tenth-anniversary run on the 15th; third ticket release on the 18thThe tenth-anniversary run of the Korean musical Gone Tomorrow opens on 15 September at the Hongik University Daehangno Art Center and continues to 29 November. The third ticket release is at 2pm on 18 September, covering 23 performances from 27 October to 15 November.
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  Ticket open·Sep 12, 2026The Vocal takes The One, Ko Yu-jin and KCM to four cities; tickets at noon on the 15thThe Vocal plays Seoul on 14 November, Daegu on 22 November, Jeju on 19 December and Daejeon on 25 December. Tickets go on sale at noon on 15 September, exclusively through Ticketlink, at 129,000 won for VIP and 109,000 won for Seat R.