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Birdcatcher
Experience the world premiere tour of this darkly comic drama by Laura Waldren about a teenage girl navigating life inside a doomsday cult. Set in East Yorkshire, the play shines a light on the murky, repressive underworld of religious “high control groups” in the UK – and asks how you find yourself in a world you think is about to end.
This inaugural production is directed by Pentabus’s BAFTA winning Artistic Director Elle While (Mother Courage; Richard III, Shakespeare’s Globe) and written by rising star and award-winning playwright Laura Waldren, whose ‘astonishing debut play’ ★★★★ (The Telegraph) Some Demon won the 2023 Papatango Prize.
A Pentabus production in association with Papatango Theatre Company and Middle Child Theatre.
‘One of my plays of the year... Suggests a major talent’ ★★★★★ WhatsOnStage on Some Demon
‘Ambitious, astute and utterly gripping’ ★★★★ The Telegraph on Some Demon
Suitable for ages 12+
Access
(AD) This show is accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences, with Audio Description integrated into every performance.
(CC) Captions/subtitles offered at some performances on handheld devices (the Difference Engine) for D/deaf audiences
Content Guidance
This play explores life within a strict religious community, including themes of coercive control and institutional abuse. It contains strong language, descriptions of sexual harassment, and references to accidental death. As this is a new play, the content guidance will be reviewed and updated throughout the rehearsal process as needed.
This inaugural production is directed by Pentabus’s BAFTA winning Artistic Director Elle While (Mother Courage; Richard III, Shakespeare’s Globe) and written by rising star and award-winning playwright Laura Waldren, whose ‘astonishing debut play’ ★★★★ (The Telegraph) Some Demon won the 2023 Papatango Prize.
A Pentabus production in association with Papatango Theatre Company and Middle Child Theatre.
‘One of my plays of the year... Suggests a major talent’ ★★★★★ WhatsOnStage on Some Demon
‘Ambitious, astute and utterly gripping’ ★★★★ The Telegraph on Some Demon
Suitable for ages 12+
Access
(AD) This show is accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences, with Audio Description integrated into every performance.
(CC) Captions/subtitles offered at some performances on handheld devices (the Difference Engine) for D/deaf audiences
Content Guidance
This play explores life within a strict religious community, including themes of coercive control and institutional abuse. It contains strong language, descriptions of sexual harassment, and references to accidental death. As this is a new play, the content guidance will be reviewed and updated throughout the rehearsal process as needed.