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Esther Jun originally trained as an actor in NYC and completed her directing degree at Drama Centre London in 2006. She was the Assistant Artistic Director at Tarragon Theatre from 2016-18.
- Setting The Stage
- Toronto Locations: TV That Honours The City
- Actors on Set
- The Food of Kim's Convenience
- Fans Around The World
- Actors Off Set
Kim's Convenience was originally a theatre production. The show's playwright and creator, Ins Choi, spent five years working on the script for Kim's Convenience, according to The Canadian Encyclopedia. At one point when he was low on funds, he received financial assistance from his Korean church, which raised $3,000 to help Choi complete the play a...
Unlike most Toronto-based productions, Toronto proudly plays itself in Kim's Convenience. Most of the locations are a stone's throw from the studio, Showline Studios. Located by Toronto's waterfront, this complex with 78,000 square feet of studios has also hosted production of international features such as X-Men, and many locations are literally a...
20. At the end of each and every season, the cast and crew of Kim'sget together for a softball tournament. 21. The video games are fake. There are a lot of scenes where Jung and Kimchee play video games together. In reality, it's a loop on the TV, and they've never actually played video games. 22. At the end of each day of filming, Paul Sun-Hyung L...
38. Bin Dae Duk Janet had to learn to cook this dish of savoury mung bean pancakes in the season four episode, Soccer Dad. Umma challenges her to try to make it herself, and it's not a complete disaster. 39. Gimbap Umma cooks this seaweed rice roll filled with a variety of delicious fillings, from vegetables to crab meat, to keep her son Jung (Simu...
43. The Queen Street Kim's Convenience store keeps a guestbook, and fans of the show have visited from all over the world. Fans have come from the Netherlands, Michigan, Hawaii, Vancouver, Wisconsin, Halifax, Chicago, Mexico, Australia, Vermont, Colombia, Montreal, The United Kingdom, Malaysia and Florida. 1. Kim's Convenience fans brave the cold t...
51. The stars had very different career paths before the became actors. Simu Liu was once an accountant, a career path he says he chose in order to satisfy his parents, which led him to studying finance and accounting at Western University's Ivey Business School for two years. He then spent a year working as an accountant at Deloitte. 52. Before Ki...
emotions of others and the great need. for more humanity in this world. Whether. it is with an unforgettable visual, a heart rendering moment, or a truly good laugh, I want the audience to leave the theatre. having felt something indelible.”. See Bio.
Aug 27, 2023 · Stratford Festival’s timeless production of ‘Les Belles-Soeurs’ calls out from a distance. Will we answer? Director Esther Jun’s engaging, if somewhat cumbersome, production of the ...
May 30, 2024 · Director Esther Jun and her wonderful cast roll with the play’s stylistic and thematic improbabilities and excesses in this Stratford Festival production.
Esther Jun. Artistic Director, Directors Lab North. Esther Jun currently is an Artistic Associate and the director of The Langham Directors’ Workshop at the Stratford Festival. She originally trained as an actor in NYC and completed her directing degree at Drama Centre London, UK in 2006.
Esther theatre director's portfolio and bio, containing current and past productions.
