Korean-Macedonian Co-Production Reimagines Electra

The 65th edition of Ohrid Summer Festival will close with the European premiere of the theatre play ‘Electra’s story,’ written by Sasho Dimoski and directed by Dejan Projkovski, in a co-production between theatre association of South Korea, ARTEMA – Theatre Laboratory, and the National Institution Ohrid Summer Festival, CE Report quotes MIA.

The play will be performed at the Grigor Prlichev Cultural Center, beginning at 9 pm on Wednesday.

This staging of the myth of Electra aims to create a universal theatrical language, whose paradigm relies on the synthesis of powerful audiovisual images, bodily expression, and minimal verbal text.

At its core, the myth of Electra centers on the revenge of the children for their murdered father, directed against their own mother. Once again, it brings to the stage the eternal ethical subjects that touch upon family relations, social decay, and the need for catharsis.

Dejan Projkovski and Sasho Dimoski began their collaboration in 2022 with the play Inferno, based on Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, with dramaturgy by Dimoski and direction by Projkovski. This mega-production by the National Theater “Jordan Hadzi Konstantinov – Dzinot” in Veles, Macedonia was highly praised by both the audience and critics, highlighting its unique visual and auditory atmosphere. Since then, their creative alliance continues with significant projects that have illuminated the theatrical scene in Macedonia and beyond.

In 2024, under Projkovski’s direction, they produced Demons, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, at the National Theater in Debrecen, Hungary, which has been named the best performance of the season in the drama, opera, and ballet category.

In 2023, they presented Feather Collectors, a play based on the screenplay by Aleksandar Petrovic from the cult film of the same name, adapted by Sasho Dimoski and directed by Dejan Projkovski. This mega-production of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, won first prize at the “Theater in the Fortress” festival in Smederevo in June 2024. The same year, they staged Racin, dedicated to the life and work of Kocho Racin, with text by Dimoski and direction by Projkovski. The premiere took place at the Ohrid Summer Festival and the production won three awards at the Macedonian Theater Festival “Vojdan Chernodrinski.”

These projects are part of the fruitful collaboration nurtured by Dimoski and Projkovski, creating an authentic theatrical signature that significantly enriches and develops the theater scene in the region, while their individual international careers are distinguished and awarded both at home and internationally.

The roles in the play are performed by Kim Choin as Electra/Iphigenia, Kim Seong-mi as Clytemnestra/Cassandra, Choi Minhyuk as Orestes, Yang Min Ki as Agamemnon, and Ha Jin as Aegisthus.