三浦直之（みうら・なおゆき）

Lolo theatre company leader Naoyuki Miura is a playwright and director. He launched Lolo as its director in 2009. Since then he has created plays depicting out-of-the-ordinary “boy-meets-girl” encounters, looking at familiar relationships like “family” and “romantic partners” in a new light. His creative world, which draws on countless pop culture elements from all times and places, is both unheard-of and emotional, and his work is popular not only with theatre enthusiasts but with men and women of all ages and interests. Miura’s wide-ranging activities transcend the bounds of theatre to include writing TV drama scripts, directing music videos and teaching workshops. His play Handsome na Daigo was shortlisted for the 60th Kishida Prize for Drama. He received the 16th Confidence Awards Drama Script Award for his scenario for the NHK TV drama Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru (2019).