MAN COVETS BIRD
A boy wakes one day and finds he is a man. He can recognize the stranger in the mirror, but his parents, his town, they cannot. He finds a bird that cannot fly, and together they take off. In a city they come across, they begin to build a nest, a nest that will hold a man and a bird. But a city is a busy place and nest-building is a big job, and soon there are other things to do. Soon there are only other things to do. One day a man realizes… he is ready to fly. ‘The magic which is Man Covets Bird cannot possibly be described in writing... If more theatre were like this, the world would be a magical place indeed’ (Australian Stage Online).
Commissioned by Slingsby and premiered 2010 at the Adelaide Festival dir Andy Packer
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