Live Stage: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle! [
Edinburgh]

Edinburgh International Arts Festival presents the world premiere of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle! :: August 20, 2011 – August 24, 2011 :: Kings Theater, Edinburgh :: an interdisciplinary, multimedia theatrical performance based on the internationally acclaimed novel by one of Japan’s most renowned writers, Haruki Murakami. Directed by Stephen Earnhart, co-written with Greg Pierce, Set and Puppet Design by Tom Lee, Lighting Design by Laura Mrockowski, Sound Design and Music by Jane Shaw, Costume Design by Oana Botez-Ban, Video Projection Design by Adam Larsen and Shawn Duan, Music and Live performance by Bora Yoon. Combining live performance, puppetry, and choreography with video projections and hypnotic soundscapes to create a “theatre of dreams.”
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage and a dramatic revelation of long buried Second World War secrets. Continue reading