Mikuni Yanaihara Oroject Vol.3 "Ao no Tori"

[Machine Translation] Mikuni Yanaihara Project Vol. 3! After a preparatory performance at the ST Spot, this production was performed at the Kichijoji Theater. This work was nominated as a finalist for the 52nd Kishida Kunio Drama Award. The story of people who cannot grow up is expressed through the unique techniques of the Mikuni Yanaihara Project, including live guitar music and singing by all the actors that evoke nostalgia, and text that is played on the screen at the same high speed as the dialogues. --I don't know where I am. I don't know where I am, just that I am in a deep forest. I don't know the time period. It is a world where birds have become extinct. The extinction of birds deprived mankind of looking up at the sky. Seven scholars are sent to the forest on a mission from the government. Their mission is to find the "blue bird," the last bird that lives in the depths of the forest, and to ensure the prosperity of bird species. The "blue bird" flies only during the brief intervals between night and morning. Seven scientists specializing in the study of mammals, insects, plants, and birds, each with his or her own theory of bird extinction, travel through the deep forest during the brief blue hours between night and morning. One day. And then, eventually, morning comes...

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ミクニヤナイハラプロジェクト第3弾! STスポットでの準備公演を経て、吉祥寺シアターにて上演された本公演を収録。本作品で、第52回岸田國士戯曲賞最終候補にノミネートされた。ノスタルジーを喚起する役者全員によるギターの生演奏と歌、スクリーンに台詞と同じく高速で流されるテキストなど、ミクニヤナイハラプロジェクトならではの手法により、大人になりきれない人々の物語を表出させた。――場所はどこだかわからない。ただそこは深い森の中。時代はいつだかわからない。ただそれは鳥が絶滅した世界。鳥類の絶滅は人類から空を見上げることを奪った。国の使命を受け、森に派遣された7人の学者たち。彼らの任務はその森の奥地に棲むという最後の鳥「青い鳥」を探し出し、鳥類の繁栄を臨むこと。「青い鳥」は夜と朝が入れ替わるわずかな時間の間にしか飛ばない。ほ乳類、昆虫類、植物、そして鳥類の研究を専門とする7人の学者たちは、それぞれに鳥類絶滅に対する自説を展開しながら、夜と朝の間のそのわずかな青の時間に深い森の中を移動する。ある1日。そして、やがて朝がやってきて・・・。