Burning Bird
by John Donnelly

Burning Bird Book Cover
Burning Bird Cover

Synopsis

It's the height of the summer and Daisy's fifteenth birthday.

Trouble is brewing - in North London, someone's been shot.

There's a curfew in place, school is suspended and the city is changing, but Daisy has an important delivery to make across town.

When Morell offers her a ride in his uncle's car, she sets off down a road from which there might be no turning back.

Set against the backdrop of the London riots, Burning Bird, questions the decisions we make and explores the freedoms we find when authority goes missing.

Ideal for young people ages 13+ it was presented at the Union Theatre, London, in November 2012 by Synergy Theatre Project, a groundbreaking theatre company working with prisoners, ex-prisoners and young people at risk.

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 13 total roles, 7 female and 6 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
2015
ISBN 10
0573150036
ISBN 13
9780573150036
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
44 pages
Language
English
Print
Burning Bird is a British teenage play written by and published by Samuel French in 2015. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573150036 and an ISBN-10 of 0573150036.

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