Birdboy
Author(s):
Emma Martin
Company:
United Fall
Running time:
40min approx
Age recommendation:
7+ years
The work is a tribute to all the “weird kids” left on the sidelines, starring performer Kévin Coquelard. He shares the stage with an old Volkswagen and otherworldly creatures representing his emotional landscape.
Using the metaphor of a bird and its perceived freedom, the piece burrows inside the chaotic and vivid inner world of someone who doesn’t fit in. Through a child’s eyes and combining dance, sound and objects from ethereal balloons to disguises, Birdboy is a journey through a frenzied and beautiful landscape of fear, isolation, fantasy and letting go.