2026 D.FESTA Small Theater Festival

Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, 〈D.FESTA Small Theater Festival〉 has strived to lead a better performance culture by identifying changes in the domestic production environment and the direction of the performance market. Its purpose is to seek a new path for experimental and creative small theater performances. Since 2016, it has worked to bridge the cultural gap not only in Seoul's Daehangno but nationwide through exchanges between regions such as Gwangju, Daegu, Daejeon, and Busan, and as a result of steadily attempting to expand its reach through cultural exchanges with overseas performance teams, this year it will be able to visibly present the results of its ongoing overseas cultural exchanges, such as an Asian co-creation project with Asian countries including Sapporo and Tokyo in Japan, China, and Taiwan, and the Small Theater Festival in Tokyo.
Now is the time to strive for the globalization of small theater festivals by expanding the biennial regional hosting of the festival and linking with festivals in various countries overseas, in order to grow beyond a domestic festival into an international one. As a starting point, I hope that the successful hosting of this 20th anniversary 〈D.FESTA Small Theater Festival〉 will serve as a stepping stone to introduce Korea's excellent performances abroad and to gauge and understand the cultural standards of other countries.