Pentabus has announced additional tour dates for Laura Waldren’s Birdcatcher following a sold-out rural tour across Shropshire and Yorkshire.
The production will visit Hereford College of Arts, The Lowry, Nottingham Playhouse and Park Theatre in London, alongside previously announced engagements at Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Bristol Old Vic and Chichester Festival Theatre.
Written by Laura Waldren and directed by Pentabus Artistic Director Elle While, Birdcatcher is a coming-of-age story that explores life within an apocalyptic high-control group.
The production premiered this autumn at Middle Child’s new venue on Humber Street before embarking on a rural tour, with audiences describing the show as “breathtaking” and “funny, tough, tender and true”.
Lucy Mangan stars as Eliza in the one-person production, which continues Pentabus and Papatango Theatre Company’s support of Waldren following the success of her Papatango Prize-winning play Some Demon.
Elle While said: “It’s been an absolute joy to take Birdcatcher into rural communities this autumn and see audiences respond so powerfully to Laura’s extraordinary writing and Lucy’s remarkable performance. We’re thrilled to be bringing the production back in the spring, reaching even more audiences through our expanded UK tour and a four-week run in London. It’s particularly exciting to see a play that began its life in Ludlow and East Yorkshire, and toured village halls now heading to some of the country’s leading theatres.”
Described as funny, dark and sharply observed, Birdcatcher examines what it takes to find your own voice in a world where the future feels uncertain.
The production opens at Ludlow Assembly Rooms in January before touring Bristol, Hereford, Salford, Chichester, Nottingham and concluding with a four-week run at Park Theatre’s Park90 space from 2 to 27 March 2027.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
