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Emma Martin / United Fall Birdboy

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A old white car sits against a black background with smoke coming from it. A person has their ear to the bonnet, listening.

An all-ages tribute to all the weird kids left on the sidelines


Irish choreographer Emma Martin makes her London debut with Birdboy, a “ground-breaking” solo performance bringing you into a frenzied, absurd and sometimes otherworldly landscape of isolation, fantasy and letting go.

Birdboy is a trip into the chaotic and vivid inner world of someone who doesn’t fit in, with a highly physical performance by dancer Kévin Coquelard.

This visually arresting work, Martin’s first for all-age audiences, incorporates her raw style of movement and theatrical magic that never panders to expectations of work for younger viewers.

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Emma Martin/United Fall is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland with international touring supported by Culture Ireland.

Header image description: A black background and black stage. On it sits an old beaten up car. It is white with two red stripes around the middle. There is smoke coming from it. A person stands in front of it in jeans and a yellow top. They have their ear to the bonnet as if they are listening for something.

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Birdboy is a breathtakingly vivid 40 minute piece…Emma Martin’s stunningly designed and choreographed show…brilliantly played and danced by Kévin Coquelard.
SCOTSMAN

Emma Martin…delivers a brave, bold, brilliant production touched by moments of genius
IRISH MAIL

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