Bird

Bird is part of our Flesh season – a week of visiting drama written, directed and performed by women that powerfully explores the relationship between the sexes.

I feel my heart beating like birds wings flapping and then he’s asking ‘What’s your name?’
And he look at me, right into me, and so I tell him.
‘My name’s Leah,
Leah Bird.

It’s four in the morning and Leah Bird is alone in a flat in Derby waiting for her boyfriend to call. Over the course of a single night she tells us what it’s like to be fourteen, fearless and full of love. But everything isn’t what it seems, and as the sun comes up, Leah begins to unpick the true nature of her relationship.

A cutting edge play that throws light on the experience of a teenager in contemporary Britain, from one of the country’s most exciting new writers.