The Oxford Repertory Company's most recent production was David Campton's 'The Cagebirds'. The show was performed at The Red Lion Hotel in Henley upon Thames as part of The Henley Fringe Festival and at The Colour House Theatre in London as part of Abbeyfest. You can read reviews of this production on the 'Reviews' page.
The Cagebirds is a darkly comic and quirky exploration of freedom and oppression that sees six ‘birds’ living in a cage, each absorbed in their own individual world. Although the birds seem to talk to each other, they never truly communicate.
When 'The Mistress' introduces an untamed bird to her menagerie the seemingly peaceful life within is disrupted; this 'Wild One' has no intention of remaining captive...
Will she escape? Will she convince the other birds that freedom is more important than safety and dependence? Or will the other birds be forced into unthinkable action?