Directed by Boris Yukhananov, based on a play by Maurice Maeterlinck, Stanislavsky Electrotheatre, Stage Russia HD (2015), Russia

The Blue Bird is a trilogy based, in part, on the play by Belgian symbolist Maurice Maeterlinck. Boris Yukhananov staged it as a journey into a fantastic, eccentrically structured world where experiments with the spectator’s imagination alternate with deep reflections on culture, time and theatre. The personal memories of veteran actors Vladimir Korenev and Aleftina Konstantinova – he in the role of the boy Tyltyl and she in the role of the girl Mytyl – emerge as vivid, documentary commentary on this mystical story about the search for Happiness. Each of the production’s parts has its own name – Journey, Night, and Bliss – its own structure, and artistic fabric. Each is stylistically diverse and absorbs the experience of world theatre culture in its own way.

The third and final part of Boris Yukhananov’s The Blue Bird trilogy sees Tyltyl and Mytyl conclude their search for the Blue Bird of happiness. This production was captured by the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre in Moscow and presented in partnership with Stage Russia HD, and features the reminiscences of Russian actors Vladimir Korenev and Aleftina Konstantinova.

Part two of Boris Yukhananov’s dazzling trilogy sees actors Vladimir Korenev and Aleftina Konstantinova weaving in and out of character as Tyltyl and Mytyl on the search for the Blue Bird of happiness. This production was captured by the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre in Moscow and presented in partnership with Stage Russia HD.

Two children embark on a whirlwind adventure to find the Blue Bird of happiness in part one of Boris Yukhananov’s epic trilogy, based on Maurice Maeterlinck’s mystical play. This production was captured by the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre in Moscow and presented in partnership with Stage Russia HD, and features the reminiscences of Russian actors Vladimir Korenev and Aleftina Konstantinova.