Blackbird

by David Harrower

Blackbird was commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival and premiered in 2005, winning the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2007

Una and Ray haven’t set eyes on each other for fifteen years. Now she has found him again. “Harrower’s drama positively explodes with unresolved, and possibly irresolvable, concerns … his brooding ambiguity and his dry, resonating poetry culminate in one of the most daring new plays of recent years” Sunday Herald

Described as a “modern tragedy, full of pity and terror” by the Sunday Times Blackbird features Courtney McKenzie and Ryan Paranthoiene in powerful and challenging performances not to be missed. The play is being directed by Chrisjohn Hancock