“I’m going to do a few songs today. In about 60 minutes, we’re going to crown a new king. And then, I’m going to fly.”
We’re obsessed with seeing ourselves from above. We display aerial photos of our homes, we gather in our masses to watch men fly, and, every couple of hundred years, we crown a king.
The King of All Birds is a gig for voice and vocoder. It picks apart our shared history with the sky: the years when it remained untouched, those first ventures into it, and now, our endless climbing: up, and up, and up.
“When you leave the theatre and look up at the sky, it will have you imagining all sorts of stories playing out above our heads”
★★★★ The Irish Times
“That chimerical perfect balance between unexpectedness and inevitability” Intermission Magazine, Toronto
Presented By: Martha Knight
Duration: 60 minutes. No Interval
Producer: Ois O’Donoghue
Lighting Designer: Jess Fitzsimons
Kane Costume and Set Designer: Jack Rogers
Drone Operator: Phillip Jebb
*Please note this show is in our studio space with unallocated seating. Please arrive early. Latecomers will not not be admitted.
