Layla Se-Eun Kim is a theatre director / dramaturg / translator based in London and Seoul.

Layla is assistant directing the reignited, revived, reimagined Fame at the Theatre Royal Plymouth (https://theatreroyal.com/whats-on/fame/). 

Layla is also the London reviewer and columnist for The Musical magazine and is developing three new international collaborations and development projects.

UK credits: Fame (Theatre Royal Plymouth), RepresentAsian (Lyric Theatre), I Can No Longer Eat Ham (Camden Fringe, London Art bar), Dolphins (King's Head Theatre) The Secret Joy of Misbehaving (St. Margaret's House),  Dead Wrong (Riverside Studios), Tell Tale (The Others), Blacked-Out Blocks (Theatre Deli — “Visually, the direction by Layla Se-Eun Kim is elegant and effective.”), Spirits (The Water Rats), The King and I (London Palladium), 1446 (The Other Palace), I Wait (Theatre N16), Pie in the Sky (Etcetera, Canal Café Theatre).

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Korea credits: Upcoming: Endless (Julia Riew), &Juliet (Max Martin, David West Read). Other work includes Six, Spring Awakening, A Hundred Words for Snow, The Nature of Forgetting, Hongryeon, Pride and Prejudice with 2 Actors, Midnight, Newsies, Wicked.

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As script translator / dramaturg: Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, The Wasp, Swing Days, The Whale Star, Six, A Hundred Words for Snow, Amélie, Ah! Dear Miss GYEONG-SOOK!, Redbook, A Number, Beginning, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Skylight, Venus in Fur, Passion.

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As interpreter: Moulin Rouge, Next to Normal, The Lion King, Hadestown, The Immersive Great Gatsby, Something Rotten, Cats, Daddy Long Legs, Sweeney Todd, Jekyll & Hyde, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Swag Age.
For K-pop: BTS, Blackpink, ATEEZ, Stray Kids, NMIXX, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Xdinary Heroes, Monsta X, SM Town, SF9, Baekhyun, Taemin, Zico, Day6.

& Queen, Lady Gaga, Mika, Green Day, Muse in Seoul. 

She has served as the Resident Director, Korean lyricist and librettist, rehearsal interpreter and back translation for the original Korean productions of Six. She introduced Luke Sheppard’s Spring Awakening (Hope Mill Theatre production) to Seoul, which is her absolute favourite show. Her past collaborations include working with international artists and companies such as Ivo van Hove, Matthew Bourne, International Theatre Amsterdam, Wayne McGregor, and Cirque du Soleil.

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Layla is a graduate of East 15 Acting School and Korea University. She is a proud member of the Young Vic Directors Network and the UK’s Musical Theatre Network.

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