Kwangya Art Center: seats, sightlines and parking

Q: How many seats does Kwangya Art Center have, and how are they arranged?

216 seats — 196 on the first floor plus 20 balcony seats on the second — in a single auditorium. The official seating plan and the venue's FAQ both give 216, and the seat count registered for Kwangya Art Center in KOPIS, Korea's performing-arts data network, is 216 as well. Two independent records agreeing to the seat is rarer than it sounds. The venue's own "about the theatre" page describes it loosely as "around 210 seats", so use the seating plan when you want the exact figure. Row by row, the plan reads like this. The thing worth knowing is that the numbering runs continuously across the wings and the centre. In row C, for instance, C1 is the outermost seat of the left wing, C11–C17 face the stage head-on, and C27 is the outermost seat of the right wing. So a "row C" ticket can be a straight-on seat or a steeply angled one depending purely on the number. Rows A to E wrap around the stage this way; from row F back, the block is uniform at ten seats per row. There is a cross-aisle between K and L that sets the last two rows slightly apart, and the auditorium is entered through GATE B on the left and GATE A on the right. Add up the table and you get 196, exactly the first-floor total the plan itself states. But seats N1 and N2 are drawn in a different colour and never explained. Their position — right by each gate, at the end of an aisle — suggests wheelchair spaces or auxiliary seating, but nothing on the website says so. If you need a wheelchair space or step-free seating, call 02-741-9182 before booking rather than guessing.

Q: How do I get there by public transport?

Take exit 4 of Apgujeong Rodeo station on the Suin-Bundang line, walk straight for about 300 metres, and the Kingkong Building is on your left; the theatre is on its third floor. That is the only route the venue itself gives. Gangnam-gu Office station, where line 7 meets the Suin-Bundang line, is also walkable but a little further, around 750 metres. One note on the address: the building is at 806 Seolleung-ro, Gangnam-gu, and the administrative neighbourhood is Cheongdam-dong, not Apgujeong. The venue's own business registration and its KOPIS record both give Cheongdam-dong; "Apgujeong" is shorthand borrowed from the nearest station. For a taxi or a navigation app, "Kingkong Building" or the road-name address is the reliable input.

Kwangya Art Center is a single 216-seat auditorium — 196 in the stalls and 20 in the second-floor balcony. Transcribing the official seating plan row by row shows that all ten restricted-view seats sit at the outer ends of the wings wrapping the stage, while the restricted-sound seats are the opposite extreme: around the projector at the centre of the back row. There is no car park.

PUBLICAi Editorial TeamSep 9, 20267 min read

At a glance

Facilities: 광야아트센터
Address: 서울특별시 강남구 선릉로 806 (청담동)
Seats: 216

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How many seats does Kwangya Art Center have, and how are they arranged?
Which seats have restricted views or sound?
The balcony is cheaper than the stalls — what is the view like?
How should I book if I want to choose my own seat?
Does Kwangya Art Center have a car park?
How do I get there by public transport?
When should I arrive, and where can I leave my bags?
Sources checked

Kwangya Art Center is a 216-seat theatre dedicated to Christian musicals, on the third floor of the Kingkong Building beside Apgujeong Rodeo station. It is small enough that you might assume every seat is much the same — but this room combines a fan of angled wing seats wrapped around the stage with a straight block behind them, so the seat number changes the viewing angle a good deal. Transcribing the official seating plan row by row and laying the booking page's restricted-seat list over it makes the pattern obvious: the seats to think twice about are clustered in two very specific places.

How many seats does Kwangya Art Center have, and how are they arranged?

216 seats — 196 on the first floor plus 20 balcony seats on the second — in a single auditorium. The official seating plan and the venue's FAQ both give 216, and the seat count registered for Kwangya Art Center in KOPIS, Korea's performing-arts data network, is 216 as well. Two independent records agreeing to the seat is rarer than it sounds. The venue's own "about the theatre" page describes it loosely as "around 210 seats", so use the seating plan when you want the exact figure.

Official seating plan of Kwangya Art Center, showing angled wing blocks either side of a central block, with balcony seats along both side walls upstairs — The official seating plan (source: Kwangya Art Center)

Row by row, the plan reads like this.

Row	Seat numbers	Seats	Where it sits
A	A1–A14	14	Closest row to the stage
B	B1–B17	17	Wings plus centre
C	C1–C27	27	The longest row; the wings splay widest here
D	D1–D26	26	Wings plus centre
E	E1–E25	25	Last row of the fan
F	F1–F14	14	Width becomes uniform from F3–F12
G·H·I·J·K·L	1–10 each	10 each	The straight rectangular block
M	M1–M11	11	Back row
N	N1, N2	2	Beside each gate, coloured differently on the plan
O (2F)	O1–O20	20	Balconies along both side walls

The thing worth knowing is that the numbering runs continuously across the wings and the centre. In row C, for instance, C1 is the outermost seat of the left wing, C11–C17 face the stage head-on, and C27 is the outermost seat of the right wing. So a "row C" ticket can be a straight-on seat or a steeply angled one depending purely on the number. Rows A to E wrap around the stage this way; from row F back, the block is uniform at ten seats per row. There is a cross-aisle between K and L that sets the last two rows slightly apart, and the auditorium is entered through GATE B on the left and GATE A on the right.

Add up the table and you get 196, exactly the first-floor total the plan itself states. But seats N1 and N2 are drawn in a different colour and never explained. Their position — right by each gate, at the end of an aisle — suggests wheelchair spaces or auxiliary seating, but nothing on the website says so. If you need a wheelchair space or step-free seating, call 02-741-9182 before booking rather than guessing.

Which seats have restricted views or sound?

Kwangya Art Center publishes its restricted seats down to the seat number on the booking page. As of September 2026, the list shown for the musical Resistance: Those Who Became a Hymn is:

Category	Seat numbers	Reason given
Restricted view	C3, C4, C24, C25, D3, D25, D26, E1, E2, E25	Staging and set structures may hide part of the action
Restricted sound	L4, L5, L6, M3, M4, M8, M9	Machine noise from the projector installed at M5–M7

Map those numbers back onto the plan and a rule appears. All ten restricted-view seats are at the outer ends of the wings, and not one of them is in the central block or anywhere in rows F to M. Row C is flagged at the third and fourth seats from each end of its 27; row D at the third from the left and the outermost two on the right; row E at the outermost two on the left and the outermost one on the right — near-perfect left-right symmetry. These are the seats that watch the stage from the side, and from close up.

The restricted-sound seats are the exact opposite. Row M has 11 seats, so M6 is dead centre — and the projector is installed across M5–M7, taking in that middle seat. The centre of the back row, which would otherwise give the most evenly balanced view in the house, is not a seat you can buy at all, and the seats flanking it (M3, M4, M8, M9) plus L4–L6 in front are the ones flagged for noise. If you want to sit centre-back, look at row K, or at the outer numbers of row L.

The stage seen from the back of the auditorium, with the angled wing seats turned inward in the foreground and a stone set on stage — Looking at the stage from the back of the stalls (source: Kwangya Art Center)

Both lists are reissued for every production. A different set hides different seats, so check that production's own booking page when you book something else.

The balcony is cheaper than the stalls — what is the view like?

The second-floor balcony holds 20 seats: O1–O10 on the left, O11–O20 on the right, ten a side. They follow a gentle curve along the side walls, which means you look down over the stalls and across at the stage rather than straight at it.

Prices vary by production, but for Resistance: Those Who Became a Hymn the stalls are 50,000 won and the balcony 35,000 won, a saving of 15,000 won. Choose a central stalls number if you want the stage face-on; choose the balcony if you would rather see the whole picture and the staging patterns from above.

The auditorium seen from the stage, showing the raked central block, the wing seats splayed to either side and the balconies above them — The auditorium from the stage — the rake of the central block and the angled wings (source: Kwangya Art Center)

The photograph shows the central block stepping up steeply towards the back and the wings turned inward. Sightlines over the row in front are not a general problem here.

How should I book if I want to choose my own seat?

You can only pick a seat when you book online; phone bookings cannot specify one. The venue's FAQ says so plainly, and given the restricted-seat lists above it means online booking is effectively the only way to avoid them — which makes it the single most important condition for anyone who cares where they sit. After booking, you can change seats or cancel part of an order from the booking history on your account, but you cannot change the date.

There is one more reason to choose carefully. Resistance: Those Who Became a Hymn runs about 115 minutes with no interval. With no break, there is no opportunity to move or step out if your seat turns out to be uncomfortable.

Tickets are collected from the ticket booth on the first floor of the Kingkong Building, from one hour before curtain on the day. Note that the theatre is on the third floor but the tickets are downstairs, and that both online and phone bookings require you to pick up a physical ticket before you can enter. Bring your documentation if you booked a discount that requires proof, such as a student rate.

Does Kwangya Art Center have a car park?

No. The theatre operates no car park of its own; you use the Kingkong Building's car park, run by an outside operator, or a paid car park nearby. The website states outright that Kwangya Art Center does not field parking enquiries, so ask the parking operator (010-9000-5731) about rates or availability, not the theatre.

Item	Detail
Theatre's own car park	None
Kingkong Building car park	Run by an outside operator, 1,000 won per 10 minutes
Parking enquiries	010-9000-5731 (not the theatre)

1,000 won per 10 minutes is 6,000 won an hour. Arrive 30 minutes early as the venue recommends, sit through a 115-minute show, and you are parked for roughly two and a half hours — about 15,000 won, which happens to be exactly the price gap between a stalls seat and a balcony seat. On top of that, this is the Apgujeong Rodeo district, where the nearby paid car parks fill quickly in the evening. The case for public transport here is arithmetic, not sentiment.

How do I get there by public transport?

Take exit 4 of Apgujeong Rodeo station on the Suin-Bundang line, walk straight for about 300 metres, and the Kingkong Building is on your left; the theatre is on its third floor. That is the only route the venue itself gives. Gangnam-gu Office station, where line 7 meets the Suin-Bundang line, is also walkable but a little further, around 750 metres.

One note on the address: the building is at 806 Seolleung-ro, Gangnam-gu, and the administrative neighbourhood is Cheongdam-dong, not Apgujeong. The venue's own business registration and its KOPIS record both give Cheongdam-dong; "Apgujeong" is shorthand borrowed from the nearest station. For a taxi or a navigation app, "Kingkong Building" or the road-name address is the reliable input.

When should I arrive, and where can I leave my bags?

The auditorium opens 30 minutes before curtain. The venue advises arriving with about 30 minutes to spare "because traffic around the theatre is congested", and once the performance has started, latecomers may not be admitted or may not be able to take their assigned seat.

Bags go to the left-luggage counter at the information desk in the third-floor lobby. It is free for ticket holders, and valuables and cash cannot be left there.

The third-floor lobby at Kwangya Art Center, with a white information desk, bench seating along the wall and a show poster — The third-floor lobby — the left-luggage counter is at the information desk (source: Kwangya Art Center)

The house rules, in short:

Item	Detail
Food and drink	Not permitted; only clear bottled water with a lid
Photography and recording	Curtain call only; no photos, audio or video otherwise
Age	Mostly primary-school age and above; 36 months and above for children's shows
Left luggage	Information desk, third-floor lobby, free for ticket holders (no valuables or cash)

Sources checked

Kwangya Art Center FAQ — seat count, ticket collection, entry times, left luggage, parking, transport (checked September 2026)
About the theatre — history and the "around 210 seats" wording
Resistance: Those Who Became a Hymn — run dates, ticket prices, running time, age rating
Kwangya Art Center's official seating plan — seat numbers by row, and the 196 + 20 totals
KOPIS registration record (FC002226) — 216 seats, address

Seat numbers, prices and restricted-seat lists change from production to production. Check the booking page for your own performance before you buy. This guide sits alongside what is currently on at Kwangya Art Center.