Stupid Fucking Bird

Stupid Fucking Bird is a bold and darkly funny reimagining of Chekhov’s The Seagull, which deals with humans’ timeless obsessions with fame, love and the search for meaning. Con, a young playwright desperate to change the world through art, battles the shadow of his famous mother, Emma, whose lover Trigorin, becomes the irresistible focus of Nina’s ambition. Around them spirals a web of unrequited longing and frustrated desire.

At its heart, the play explores the fierce clash between commercial theatre - fuelled by celebrity and entertainment - and a newer, urgent theatre that wants to challenge, provoke and ignite change. Everyone wants something - or someone - they can’t have.