It’s hard to figure out a future when everyone around you thinks there isn’t one.

Funny, dark and sharply observed, Birdcatcher is a coming-of-age story with a difference. Laura Waldren’s striking new play asks what it takes to find your voice inside an apocalyptic high-control religious group. With wit running through its darker edges, Birdcatcher explores the pressures of growing up into a world where the end is always just around the corner.

Following a rural tour in autumn 2026, this is the London premiere of a new play from the Papatango Prize-winning writer of the ‘astonishing’ ★★★★ (The Telegraph) Some Demon. Pentabus’s BAFTA-winning Artistic Director Elle While directs.

This show is accessible for blind and partially sighted audiences, with Audio Description integrated into every performance.

A Pentabus production in association with Papatango Theatre Company, Middle Child Theatre and Park Theatre.

  • Evenings

    19.15

    Thu & Sat

    15.15

  • Duration

    90 minutes (no interval)

  • Tickets

    £15 - £18

  • Genre

    Drama

  • Age guidance

    12+ (use discretion for under 14s)

  • Content warnings

    Birdcatcher explores life within a strict religious community and contains themes of coercive control and institutional abuse. Also contains strong language; explicit descriptions of sexual acts; accidental death.