Summer of Birds

A Summer of Birds is a play exploring the strength and fragility of life and the ways we start to see things differently when we slow down. When Lydia loses everything she retreats from the world and finds the most beautiful connection with Erica, a seagull who joins her to watch the sunrise each evening. A play about seclusion and finding connection in obscure places.

Laura first presented a reading of this short play as part of the Northcott Theatre’s Elevate Festival in 2024. She’s writing the full-length version and will be presenting a sharing as part of the Elevate R&D.

A Summer of Birds started as a short film, presented at Plymouth Fringe where it won the Toast of the Fringe award.