Portrait of Hyojung Jung

Founder & Artistic Director, Nangman Theatre
Writer  ·  Cultural Educator  ·  Actor

Hyojung
Jung

정효정

Seoul  ·  London  ·  Riyadh

Korean actor, theatre director, and cultural arts educator working between Saudi Arabia, the UK, and South Korea. Founder and Artistic Director of Nangman Theatre, Seoul (est. 2016).

Cultural Affairs Instructor and Events Coordinator at King Sejong Institute, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh — where she also conducts a Saudi women's choir. Saudi Arabia correspondent for KOFICE and Saudi Arabia & UAE correspondent for KOFIC. Guest speaker, Korean Film Week Saudi Arabia 2025.

Currently MA student at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, researching Korean productions of Shakespeare.

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I make theatre that travels between languages — and write about the cultures it crosses.

Selected Work

Since 2016

Theatre

Nangman Theatre

Independent musical theatre company founded in Seoul, creating original productions across borders — South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East.

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KOFICE
KOFIC
KPIPA

KOFICE 2025  ·  KOFIC & KPIPA 2026

Journalism

Cultural dispatches and market reports from Riyadh and London — for KOFICE, KOFIC, KPIPA, and Monthly National Theatre of Korea.

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King Sejong Institute
Prince Sultan University

Since 2024

Engagement

Teaching & Cultural Work

Conducting the Saudi Women's Choir. Teaching voice, acting, and musical theatre. Korean Film Week Saudi Arabia 2025.

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Shakespeare Institute
University of Birmingham

Since 2025

Writing — Essays

Essays

Academic research exploring how Korean theatre traditions interpret and reimagine Shakespeare. Current work examines productions of Hamlet and The Tempest. MA in progress at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham.

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Associated with
Korea Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) Korean Film Council (KOFIC) King Sejong Institute, Riyadh Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham Korean Film Week KSA 2025 Nangman Theatre
Currently

Cultural Affairs Instructor & Events Coordinator — King Sejong Institute, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 2024–

Saudi Arabia Correspondent — Korea Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) 2025–

Saudi Arabia & UAE Correspondent — Korean Film Council (KOFIC) 2026–

Saudi Arabia Export Coordinator — Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA) 2026–

MA student — Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham 2025–2028 (expected)

Education

Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham — MA 2025–2028 (expected)

University of Seoul — MA in Musical Theatre 2017–2019

INHA University — BA in Theatre and Film 2008–2014