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Kim's Convenience
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 3m
Popularized by the CBC sitcom adaptation, Kim's Convenience is about a Korean Canadian family who run a convenience store, but are working through struggling relationships between a traditional father and a son who has left home.
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Cast Size
2w, 3m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
The most successful new Canadian play of the last decade, Kim's Convenience – set in a family-run Korean variety store – is a hilarious and heartwarming ode to generations of immigrants who have made Canada the country that it is.
With new luxury buildings going up around the convenience store and a Walmart preparing to move in, pressure is on to sell the Kim's family store. Mr. Kim's immigrant path towards building a life for his family in Canada is put under strain when a realtor makes a generous offer for the land. Questions of legacy and culture clash with economic concerns in this laugh-worthy, touching play about family and the relationship between one generation and the next.
History
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting A convenience store in Toronto.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Media
“A vivid, detailed, celebratory portrait of multi-ethnic Toronto.” – Edmonton Journal
“Genuinely funny, roaringly so.” – Broadway World
“Its well-judged performances and abrupt humour allow it to demonstrate the importance of familial love, respect, and reconciliation, without drowning in sentimentality.” – City A.M.
“This is popcorn theatre: we could go on watching and watching.” – The Guardian
“Sacrifices began to seem like something quite real, not just a comic premise. The actors were crying. I cried, too.” – The New York Times
“Laughter in store.” – The Stage
“Heartfelt... truthful story.” – The Stage
“Warm-hearted” – The Times
“Slick comedy.” – Time Out
“It has heart and likability by the bucketload.” – WhatsOnStage
“Achingly funny... Hilarious, heart-warming story of love, family and survival through change and challenge.” – Everything Theatre
“A sitcom, with snappy one-liners, light slapstick and intermittent doses of sentimentality.” – The Globe and Mail
“The play beautifully braids the serious concerns of legacy and culture with comedy.” – Vancouver Sun
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Performance rights for this title are currently withdrawn in the UK and Ireland. To be informed as soon as it becomes available in the future, please submit a license application.
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