Theatremaker Jaha Koo invites you to to his pojangmacha, a late-night snack bar found on the streets of South Korea. Koo doesn’t serve sleep-deprived humans, instead, his customers are a robotic eel, a snail and a gummy bear, who take the audience on a culinary and cultural journey peppered with intimate and absurd anecdotes.

Koo has lived in Europe since 2011 and now often feels like a tourist when he visits Korea. In Haribo Kimchi, food and culture are endlessly intertwined. One moment he may cook up a sublime seaweed soup, and the next, reflect on painful racist experiences and his deep longing for home.

Koo’s 2019 production Cuckoo was described as a ‘powerfully affecting work’ (The Herald), and Haribo Kimchi promises a show that zigzags between cultural appreciation and the realities of cultural alienation. Combining music, video and robots, Koo’s performance plays on all the senses while serving up his personal stories with a dash of melancholy and a sprinkle of wit.