JAHA KOO

Theater/performance maker, music composer and video artist
Lives & works in Ghent, Belgium

2025 Tour Dates

❥ Cuckoo ❥
New York (US) / JAN 16 - 18
Presented by Under The Radar X Perelman Performing Arts Center

❥ The History of Korean Western Theatre ❥
Vancouver (CA) / JAN 23 - 24
Presented by PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

❥ Cuckoo ❥
Blacksburg (US) / JAN 31 & FEB 1
Presented by Moss Arts Center

❥ Cuckoo ❥
Minneapolis (US) / FEB 6 - 8
Presented by The Walker Art Center

❥ Cuckoo ❥
College Park (US) / FEB 12 - 13
Presented by The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Ghent (BE) / FEB 26 - 27
Presented by CAMPO Nieuwpoort

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Valladolid (ES) / MAR 5 - 6
Presented by MeetYou Festival X Teatro Calderón

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Madrid (ES) / MAR 8 - 9
Presented by Conde Duque

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Porto (PT) / MAR 13 - 14
Presented by Teatro Municipal do Porto

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Rotterdam (NL) / MAR 19 - 20
Presented by Theater Rotterdam

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Kraków (PL) / APR 24 - 25
Presented by Teatr Łaźnia Nowa

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Mechelen (BE) / APR 29
Presented by Nona

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
London (UK) / MAY 13 - 14
Presented by Southbank Centre

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Brussels (BE) / MAY 21 - 25
Presented by Kunstenfestivaldesarts x Le Rideau

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Hannover (DE) / MAY 29
Presented by KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen

❥ The History of Korean Western Theatre ❥
Thessaloniki (GR) / JUN 12 -13
Presented by National Theatre of Northern Greece x International Forest Festival

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Mülheim (DE) / JUN 20 - 21
Presented by Impulse Festival for Performance, Theatre & Dance

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Lille (FR) / JUN 27
Presented by Latitudes Contemporaines

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Breda (NL) / JUL 12
Presented by Chassé Theater

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Singapore (SG) / AUG 1 - 3
Presented by Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Ghent (BE) / SEP 4 - 5
Presented by Het Theater Festival

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Amsterdam (NL) / SEP 7 - 8
Presented by The Netherlands Theater Festival

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Espoo (FI) / SEP 18 - 20
Presented by Espoo City Theatre

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Utrecht (NL) / SEP 27 - 28
Presented by Theater Utrecht

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Seoul (KR) / OCT 16, 18 & 19
Presented by Seoul Performing Arts Festival

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Taipei (TW) / OCT 31 & NOV 1 - 2
Presented by National Theater & Concert Hall (NTCH)

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Prague (CZ) / NOV 14 - 15
Presented by Prague Crossroads Festival

❥ Haribo Kimchi ❥
Bergen (NO) / NOV 21 - 22
Presented by BIT Teatergarasjen / Meteor Festival

...more dates coming soon... ❤︎

❥ Jaha Koo (he/him) is a South Korean theatre/performance maker, music composer and video artist who lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. His artistic practice oscillates between multimedia and performance, bringing together his own music, video, text and robotic performers/objects on stage.

He is known for his Hamartia Trilogy — Lolling and Rolling (2015), Cuckoo (2017) and The History of Korean Western Theatre (2020) — which is a long-term exploration of the political landscape, colonial history and cultural identity of East Asia. Thematically, it addresses structural issues in Korean society and how the inescapable past continues to shape the present.

His most recent work, Haribo Kimchi, premiered in June 2024 at Tangente St. Pölten in Austria and is currently touring internationally. He is now developing a new creation, Born to be K to be POP, scheduled to premiere in early summer 2027.

Koo studied Theatre Studies at Korea National University of Arts (BFA, 2011) and completed his MA at DAS Theatre in Amsterdam in 2016. ❤︎

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