Performance

Venue	Finborough
	Also: The Finborough
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	2nd February 2010
To	27th February 2010
When	Tue-Sat 19:30. Sat Mats 15:00 (from Feb10 13). Sun Mats 15:00
Prices	From £13.00. To £15.00.
Finborough (V199)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

The Early Bird

Work:: The Early Bird (S01300313453)

Every five minutes a child goes missing. Debbie and Jack face the ultimate parental nightmare - the disappearance of their child - and find themselves thrown into a vicious cycle of recrimination and self-hatred. Butler's play delves into the underbelly of a couple's experience of becoming parents, revealing their fears, anxieties and repulsions; as well as exploring the vacuum that is left when the child is removed. In many ways Leo's most experimental play to date The Early Bird takes you deep inside the troubled and fractured minds of the traumatized, unlocking the door to the darkest corners of the human imagination. Real life husband and wife Catherine Cusack and Alex Palmer play Debbie and Jack, bringing an added intimacy and a depth to the portrayal of the grieving couple, as they relive their last memories of their daughter.

Author

Leo Butler

Production:: (T1342811608)

Performance length 75mins with no interval

Producer	Hugh de la Bedoyere (for Natural Shocks in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre)
Director	Donnacadh O'Briain
Design	takis
Music	Philip Stewart
Performer	Catherine Cusack
Performer	Alex Palmer

Listing:: L01241427430

Production details

Performance length 75mins with no interval

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