Mark Goldthorp

舞台は1980年のイギリス南岸の静かなリゾート地。本作はそこに生きる人々の絆と“映画と映画館という魔法”を力強く、感動的に描く、珠玉のヒューマン・ラブストーリー。

ギリシャのカロカイリ島。ホテルのオーナー、ドナの娘ソフィの結婚式に、誰がソフィの父親か分からない3人の男性が呼ばれて騒動になったが、その後、ドナは他界してしまい、その遺志を継いだソフィがホテルを再オープンさせる日が近づく。一方、かつてドナは米国のハーバード大を卒業した後、世界を見ようと海外旅行へ。パリ経由でカロカイリ島に向かうがその道中で青年2人、ハリーとビルと出会い、島でサムと恋に落ちるが……。

Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods weaves together many famous fairy tales in an allegorical story of family, love, growing up and the hazy areas between right and wrong. This production was captured by Digital Theatre live at London’s Regent’s Park Open Air theatre and was directed by Timothy Sheader. Into the Woods takes the stories of the Brothers Grimm and gives them a dark and humorous twist. The popular tales of Red Ridinghood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Cinderella and Rapunzel are interwoven with that of the Baker and his Wife and their quest to have a child. However this re-telling goes beyond "happily ever after" as the familiar characters find themselves in unfamiliar circumstances and hopes and dreams are questioned and revisited.