Yangson Project, Alumni of School of Drama, Presents “The Blue Bird” & “The Fall”

Yangson Project, a co-production team made up of graduates of the School of Drama, showcases two theatrical works, “The Blue Bird” and “The Fall,” at the Myeongdong Theater from February 8 to 15.

Through the 2025 Special Invitational Program Pick-nic, the National Theater Company of Korea (NTCK) invited exceptional productions from private-sector theater companies. The NTCK explained that it focused on bringing audiences and theater closer instead of fixing their roles in stone when curating this year’s program with 2025 Pick-nic.

“The Blue Bird,” to be staged on February 8, is an adaptation of a play by Maurice Maetelinck, a Belgian symbolist who won a Nobel Prize in Literature. It follows a fantastic journey of Tyltyl and Mytyl who search for the Blue Bird.

“The Fall,” to be staged from February 13 to 15, is inspired by Albert Camus’s eponymous novel. The work illuminates a character Clamence, who undergoes a complete moral downfall after witnessing an unfortunate incident at the Seine River. The plot poignantly depicts the portrait of modern people who dismiss their moral integrity. The monologue of Clamence, delivered by actor Son Sang-kyu and filled with guilt, regret, agony, and desperation stirs up the audience. Proclaiming himself as a “judge-penitent,” Son as Clamence stares straight at the audience seats and persistently pours out his confessions.

Yangson Project, whose members include Son Sang-kyu, Yang Jo-ah, Yang Jong Wook, and Park Ji-hye, demonstrated its distinction through the success of its high-quality works acquired through horizontal yet fierce competition and aroused a sensation of co-production in the Korean theater scene. Staging masterpieces by world-renowned authors such as Osamu Dazai, Kim Dong-in, Hyeon Jin-geon, and Guy de Maupassant with outstanding quality, the Yangson Project earned praise from international critics.

Artistic Director Park Jung-hee of the NTCK stated, “We invited the productions which agonize over and introspect on the value and practice of theater at a time when the roles of life and arts are in question.” Park added, “I hope these productions, which are outcomes of artists’ reflections that overcome barriers and erase boundaries, can guide us in our lives.”