| Dates | 27 Dec – 5 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours | Show times vary by production |
| Weather | December average 4/−3 °C (40/26 °F), 23 mm of rain January average 2/−5 °C (36/22 °F), 17 mm of rainMonthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020, Seoul station. |
| Venue | Daehak-ro theatre district (Daehakro Theatre QUAD and other theatres)서울특별시 종로구 동숭길 122 (대학로극장 쿼드) |
| Admission | Park Hyun-min exhibition: Free |
| Previous edition | 2024: 3–14 Jan 2024 |
| Next edition | 2026: 26 Dec – 4 Jan 2026 |
Program
- 27–28 Dec라몰의 땅: 땅의 아이 (Studio Nine x Theatre Bom), Arko Kkumbat Theatre, preschool to elementary age; based on a picture book by the Indian painter Ramachandran
- 28–30 Dec몬몬 읽기 (Palkkumchi-ui Hwaldong Bangwi), NC Cultural Foundation, upper elementary to high school; the audience wear headphones and turn the pages of a pop-up book
- 30–31 Dec이 세상 말고 (Naked Blues), Arko Kkumbat Theatre, middle and high school students
- 3–4 Jan코 잃은 코끼리 코바 (Storyteller Book Performance), Arko Kkumbat Theatre; fabric-object theatre about a baby elephant
- 3–4 Jan노인과 바다, 그리고 소년 (Studio Nanadashi), NC Cultural Foundation, ages 5 and up; Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea told with cloth and rope
- Free exhibition 눈 너머의 눈 by picture-book artist Park Hyun-min; two K-PANY special performances; an online theatre with ACC
Prices
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Performance tickets | — | Sold per show; KTO lists the fee as varying by programme |
| Park Hyun-min exhibition | Free | Free for anyone visiting the festival |
Notes on the 2025 edition
Theme "Children and nature, nature and children, We belong together!", carried over from 2024.
About the festival
The ASSITEJ Korea Winter Festival (서울 아시테지 겨울축제) is a winter-holiday festival of Korean theatre for children and teenagers, held every year since 2005 in the Daehak-ro theatre district of Jongno-gu, central Seoul. The 22nd edition ran 26 December 2025–4 January 2026 with seven main shows; dates for 2026–27 had not been announced by 18 October 2026, but the last two editions ran ten days from late December into early January. Tickets are sold per show and every show has a recommended age; the side exhibitions in 2024 and 2025 were free.
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main ASSITEJ Korea Winter Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
18 October 2026, against the sources listed below.