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Chongdong Theatre
This well-regarded and well-established theatre is centrally located and puts on 1½-hour performances of traditional music, singing and dancing. The shows are targeted at foreign visitors and English subtitles appear on a screen. After the show you can take photographs of the performers in their traditional clothing. The ticket office opens at . Tickets cost around ₩30 0 to around ₩40 0 with discounts for students.
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Dongsoong Arts Centre
This complex has a theatre that puts on modern drama (all in Korean) and a cinema that shows foreign festival-style movies from all around the world, including ones on North Korea.
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Kayagum Theatre
These entertaining and lavish 1.5 hour shows include traditional Korean music and dance followed by a glitzy Western/Asian cabaret revue. The hotel theatre is over 1km (0.6mi) from the subway, so take the hotel shuttle bus or a taxi.
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Korea House
You can enjoy a fine dinner of Royal Korean cuisine at this noted restaurant then relax in the intimate 150-seat theatre for a one-hour performance. Put on by a large troupe of top musicians and dancers, the shows have some onscreen commentary in English. You'll see court dances, unique pansori (traditional Korean opera), a fan dance, a spiritual shamanist dance, energetic female drummers and a finale of the samullori , a traditional farmers' dance.
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National Centre for Korean Traditional Performing Arts
The Yeakdang theatre puts on a programme of top performers every Saturday (Mar-Dec). The show is a bargain and usually contains eight items including court dances, folk songs, pansori and drumming. A three-day festival is held at the end of October. At the smaller Umyeondang theatre, younger performers put on a similar show every Thursday (May-Dec).
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