Pheasant Plucker
Pheasant Plucker
Written and performed by Lily Bevan, 2015
Written and performed by Lily Bevan
Directed by Hannah Eidenow
Music by Luke Courtier
Published by Samuel French
The story of a bird handler who throws down her gauntlet; a soaring tale of avian antics, wit and daring.
Fresh from a sell-out run at Underbelly, Edinburgh 2015, this is the story of a bird handler who has thrown down her gauntlet; a soaring tale of avian antics.
Is laughter really the best medicine? Isn’t medicine the best medicine? Yoga? Scandinavian design? Buns? Sticking to your guns? Plucking pheasants till the pheasant plucking’s done? Imaginative. Not about Tinder. Worth a look.
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Underbelly Edinburgh 2015, Sell out
RADAR Festival Bush Theatre
https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/pheasant-plucker-in-a-vulnerable-place/
“I mean falconry is a weird life. In a way. I could sort of do without this. I’m here in this field 24/7 – last week I ate one of his frozen rats thinking it was a Calippo” – Harriet
“And breathe. Each breath entering the lungs deeper. Deeper. Inside. Like...a vole, a vole into a hole. That’s right. Just listening to the sound of my voice. Like Simon says but without Simon. Just you and the mat. Not Matt or Simon or anyone. Just you. Following a simple set of movements, of ideas, like a set of chess you’ve inherited. Or a set of badgers, all the same, all different. But badgers. Which are movements” – Yoga Teacher
PRESS
Read our interview with Lily Bevan on the Samuel French blog
“Daft and deliriously funny... Harriet’s personal voyage enables Bevan to reel out a range of perfectly executed and totally bats characters. A strong debut from an undoubted talent”
THE LIST
“Lily Bevan is one of the finest, funniest and most original writers I know. I feel a strong kinship with her work, and with her, because of writing and performing my own shows for television and the Edinburgh festival. It’s edgy work but exciting. Pheasant Plucker comes from a brave new talent”
EMMA THOMPSON
The debut solo comedy play from the writer of Mock Tudor (Theatre 503), Café Red (Trafalgar Studios) and Talking to Strangers (with Sally Phillips for BBC Radio 4).