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Busan Metropolitan City Publishes Oral History of Busan Theater

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Busan Metropolitan City Mayor Park Heong-joon announced that the City has published Volume 3 of the Busan Oral History Series, Oral History of Busan Theater.

Oral History of Busan Theater is the outcome of the Busan History Oral Recording Project completed in 2024. The book compiles the living testimonies of 20 theater practitioners who were active in Busan from the 1960s to the 1980s.

The book features, in order of appearance, a playwright, a stage planner, an actor, a critic, a director, a stage manager, a makeup artist, a stage production specialist, an operator of a theater education institution, and a performance print producer.

Through the firsthand voices of those who established their base in Busan and led theater productions, the book offers a vivid look at the production process and on-site realities of staging performances, the activities of the Busan Municipal Theater Company, and how the history of Busan theater has evolved over time.

Including this volume, the Busan history popular series is available for download or on-site reading at public libraries nationwide, as well as on the Busan Metropolitan City website (busan.go.kr > Busan Introduction > Busan History > Local History Library) and the website of the Busan Metropolitan City History Compilation Committee (bssisa.com).

Meanwhile, the City’s City History Compilation Office has been publishing the Busan Oral History Series since 2023 to work with Busan citizens and researchers in documenting Busan’s history.

Beginning with Oral History of Busan Music (2023), the City published Oral History of Busan Film (2024) and plans to publish Oral History of Busan Dance in 2026.

Cho Yu-jang, Director General of the Culture and Sports Bureau, stated, “The publication of Oral History of Busan Theater will satisfy Busan citizens’ intellectual curiosity about local history and serve as a cornerstone for enriching research on the modern and contemporary arts history of Busan,” adding, “Busan Metropolitan City will continue to bring its history closer to citizens and build foundational materials for researchers.”