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.

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.

Header image © Luca Truffarelli