Ins Choi, The Guardian
‘It’s in my blood to make stuff’: Ins Choi on bringing Kim’s Convenience back to the stage
He couldn’t get his foot in the door as an actor, so wrote his own play based on working in his uncle’s grocery store. Thirteen years and a global sitcom hit later he’s reopening the shop
“This story is my love letter to my parents and to all first-generation immigrants who have made the country they’ve settled in their home,” Ins Choi tells me from his house in Toronto. He is referring to his groundbreaking play, Kim’s Convenience, which arrives on the UK stage for the first time this week, more than 12 years after it premiered in Canada. “I hope it serves as a reminder that there’s a whole life behind someone working behind the counter at a convenience store – a life full of dignity, joy and dreams.”
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