I am Bird
I am Bird is a new immersive experience for library spaces. Equipped with their own headphones and mobile phones, audiences are transported on an adventure across the library, following the extraordinary and everyday story of a young bird migrating from West Africa to the UK.
At each station, visitors are invited to make choices leading them to miniature paper worlds and a series of clues hidden around the library, each revealing a different element of the bird’s migratory journey. This interactive and personal experience invites audiences to explore their local library in a new and exciting way and reflect on migration through stories and art.
Future performances:
Richmond Lending Library (London):
17 June 2023: Tickets
18 June 2023: Tickets
Teddington Library (London):
23 June 2023: Tickets
Ham Library (London):
24 June 2023: Tickets
Whitton Library (London):
1 July 2023: Tickets
Performances presented by Richmond Arts & Ideas Festival 2023
Past performances:
Chesham Library (Bucks): 2, 4 & 6 December 2021
Redhill Library (Surrey): 21-22 January 2022
Merstham Library (Surrey): 4-5 February 2022
Cranleigh Library (Surrey): 5 March 2022
Farnham Library (Surrey): 12 March 2022
Aylesbury Library (Bucks): 25 & 26 March 2022
Burnham Library (Bucks): 31 March & 2 April 2022
High Wycombe Library (Bucks): 8 & 9 April 2022
Princes Risborough Library (Bucks): 22 & 23 April 2022
Marlow Library (Bucks): 6 & 7 May 2022
Horsley Library (Surrey): 1 & 2 September 2022
Dittons Library (Surrey): 6 & 10 September 2022
Sunbury Library (Surrey): 13 & 17 September 2022
Addlestone Library (Surrey): 22 & 24 September 2022
Haslemere Library (Surrey): 30 September & 1 October 2022
West Byfleet Library (Surrey): 6 & 8 October 2022
Ashtead Library (Surrey): 11 & 15 October 2022
Camberley Library (Surrey): 21 & 22 October 2022
Dorking Library (Surrey): 24 & 25 October 2022
Creative team:
Concept, script and set design: Marie Klimis
Sound design: Nicola T. Chang
Voiceover actor: Nicole Acquah
Project partners:
I am Bird was commissioned by Farnham Maltings working with National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF), Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Rothschild Foundation