Three Birds

The Tower Theatre is thrilled to be staging Janice Okoh’s award-winning play as part of its programme of events to mark Black History Month.

A darkly comic drama about family, childhood and fantasy, Three Birds is set in a flat on a south London housing estate. Mum has gone and siblings Tiana, Tionne and Tanika find themselves alone at home with a bathroom that is out of action.

Tiana, the eldest, takes charge of housework and homework, Tionne carries out strange experiments, and Tanika is acting up. The local drug dealer visits to collect his money and a teacher calls at the flat. The outside world creeps closer and closer as they try to keep their secret away from the adults…

The play was the winner of the 2011 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

Directed by Lyla Abass

Recent press quotes:

“A socially distanced auditorium, a lovely warm welcome in the foyer, a small but perfectly arranged theatre and a fantastic troupe of actors… Stoke Newington is a place of dramatic wonder. A fine venue…” Eddie Hewitt (Connected Cultures)

“The storytelling is as clear as I’ve ever seen it.” Susan Elkin (Sardines Magazine)

“A well-packaged and well-performed piece of Shakespeare, would highly recommend.” Siwan Hill (UK Theatre Network)

We want our audiences to feel as safe as possible when visiting the Tower Theatre. We understand that not everyone is ready to return to full capacity houses in our venue so the show on Saturday 9th October at 15.00 will be a socially-distanced performance. This means we will operate with reduced capacity, spaced seating and our FoH volunteers will continue to wear face coverings regardless of restrictions being lifted. We also encourage all audience members to wear masks, unless exempt.