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. This play is under exclusive licence and is not available for productions until 2015.