Understanding Fandom

A monodrama for the fan in you

Synopsis

Streaming, collecting idol photos, joining the fan-club membership, chatting with fellow fans…

Kim Jeong-sun, a university professor of Korean traditional music, is a devoted fan — and the fandom goes on. Her daughter Ha-yun, who suddenly takes a leave of absence and moves home from the dorm, finds her mother’s fangirling nothing but uncomfortable, and the rest of the family looks on with worry… After fierce rounds of form-filling and ticketing battles, can Jeong-sun land a ticket to her idol’s last concert before military enlistment and fulfil every fan’s dream?

About the production

Everyone has been a fan Everyone has had a shining moment as someone’s ardent fan — a memory, a person, a moment, a flutter that lingers in the heart like first love. Understanding Fandom shows, in a warm and funny drama, how precious those passions are.

Connecting the world through fandom Photocards, fan meetings, video-call fan signs… a fandom world full of unfamiliar words, as if another universe had opened. The play tells the story of one family in which these worlds coexist, exploring how a person’s devotion connects them to family, people and society, and sharing the value of understanding and empathy.

In 2026 the production received the Jury’s Special Prize at the Kraków theatre festival in Poland.