A new play by Laura Waldren

A Pentabus production in association with Papatango Theatre Company and Middle Child

Birdcatcher is a darkly comic drama about a teenage girl navigating life inside a doomsday cult. Set in East Yorkshire, the play shines a light on the murky, repressive underworld of religious “high control groups” in the UK - and asks how you find yourself in a world you think is about to end.

Pentabus is the Nation’s Rural Theatre. This inaugural production is directed by BAFTA-winning artistic director Elle While (Mother Courage; Richard III, Shakespeare’s Globe) and written by rising star and award-winning playwright Laura Waldren, whose first play Some Demon won the 2023 Papatango Prize.

Access

All performances have audio description integrated into the production

Suitable for ages 12+