Unfinished Business

“Halmoni!” – Are you there grandma I have more to say

A devised theatre blending Korean ritual, movement, installation and multimedia storytelling. Unfinished Business begins with a single word: “Halmoni!”, a final goodbye that never felt complete. Inspired by director Sarah Hyojin Kim’s real-life experience of being by her grandmother’s deathbed, this devised physical theatre piece reimagines mourning not as an ending, but as a continuation of love and memory. Drawing from Korean ancestral rituals (jesa) and created collaboratively by an international ensemble, the work blends movement, film, and text into a shared act of remembrance. Lively uses of ritual props and archival home videos filmed by Kim’s grandmother are interwoven throughout the performance, transforming private memory into collective healing. Through ritual and performance, Unfinished Business invites audiences to sit with grief — not to find closure, but to keep the conversation alive. It is a story not for the dead, but for the living.