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Soyoon Koo
Reviewer (UK)
Soyoon Koo holds a BA in English Literature and has a particular interest in new historicism and the cross-cultural implications of language. She currently advocates for inclusive policy in higher and global education, while encouraging thoughtful discourse on the arts, in the belief that education and the arts are inseparably linked in their pursuit of greater collective empathy.

DONBAS

Soyoon Koo
Seeing DONBAS in the claustrophobic hush of Theatre503 is a smart theatrical decision. Olga Braga’s writing, which moves cleanly between...
Mayes and Rice as Joseph de Rocher and Sister Helen Prejean

Dead Man Walking

Soyoon Koo
Jake Heggie’s acclaimed Dead Man Walking debuts in London, demanding attention, compassion, and courage in equal measure. Adapted from Sister...

The Wanderers

Soyoon Koo
What part of you is original, inherited, or pure fiction? In its UK debut at the Marylebone Theatre, Anna Ziegler’s...

Semele

Soyoon Koo
Handel’s Semele (1744) was met with controversy at its premiere for presenting secular opera in the guise of sacred oratorio....