Back to Birdy (staged reading)
Fruit Box Theatre presents
Back to Birdy (staged reading)

16 Feb 2023

Developed through Fruit Box Theatre’s RIPE Development Program and presented during Sydney WorldPride in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company.

Everything’s on the table.

Sometimes the longest friendships are the most complicated ones. Warren and Emily have been best friends since high school, suffering together through shitty teachers, coming out and failed relationships. Since Warren’s transition, it’s become obvious that there are lots of things they’re not saying to each other. In one conversation at a pub, it all comes out.

Back to Birdy explores the relationship between trans men and queer women, issuing a call for empathy and understanding in our own backyard.

Join us for a staged reading of Back to Birdy – the first public showing of this new play and a taster of what’s to come.

CAST & CREATIVES

Writer Z Bui
Director Lu Bradshaw
Producer Emily Henderson
Executive Producers Madeleine Gandhi and Sean Landis
Costume Designer Daniel Rogers
Dramaturg Rowan Brunt
Stage Manager Alex Bryant
AV Matthew Miceli Photography

Warren Tyler Dias
Emily Rebekah Parsons
Past Warren Hadrian Conyngham
Past Emily CJ
Prue/Helen Kayla-Rose De Sousa
Candace/Rick Rachel Seeto

Special Thanks Em Small, Sarah Carroll, Millsya Theda and Botany View Hotel

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KXT on Broadway
Session TimesTicket PricesDuration
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