Birdcatcher

Birdcatcheris a darkly comic drama about a teenage girl navigating life inside a doomsdaycult.

Set in East Yorkshire, the play shines a light on the 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 production is directed by BAFTA winning Director Elle While (Mother Courage, Richard III - Shakespeare's Globe) and written by rising star and award-winning playwright Laura Waldren, whose first play Some Demon won the 2023 Papatango Prize.A Pentabus production in association with Papatango Theatre Company and Middle Child Theatre.'One of British theatre's unsung treasures' (The Guardian on Pentabus)'A work that suggests a major talent ... one of my plays of the year' (WhatsOnStage on Some Demon)'An astonishing debut ...

Ambitious, astute and utterly gripping' (The Telegraph on Some Demon)(AD) This show is accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences, with Audio Description integrated into every performance.

Birdcatcher is suitable for ages 12+Www.Pentabus.Co.UK