Birdwatching

School friends Amelia, Poppy and Lauren are wild camping in the Northumberland forest. As the woods darken around them and tensions flare, a watchful presence takes hold over the camp. A perfect boiling pot of paranoia, superstition and adolescent insecurity ensues that hangs on a chilling question: who is watching who?

With female, queer and neurodivergent perspectives centre stage, Birdwatching is a new folk horror about the female experience that doesn’t look away. Black Bright Theatre Company returns to the Edinburgh Fringe following the success of their five-star, award nominated debut, The Hunger.

Photography by Ai Narapol (@ainarapol).

Writer Madeleine Farnhill

Director Chantell Walker

Assistant Director, Lighting and Sound Designer Yanni Ng

Producer Helen Denning

Cast Madeleine Farnhill, Mimi Millmore, Ellen Trevaskiss

This show has previously been supported by the Bank at Sheffield Theatres.