Burn

By Deborah Gearing
Directed by Elaine Bates
April 2005

Performed at The Junction, Cambridge on Saturday 9th April 2005 and at The Garage, Norwich on Tuesday 12th April, 2005 as part of National Theatre’s Shell Connections - one of the world’s largest celebrations of youth theatre.

Burn is about a group of friends who get together to tell the story of Birdman’s last day. Birdman is a young boy faced with the prospect of being moved to a new foster home, in a desperate attempt to make a real connection with one of his friend’s before he leaves he ends up making a terrible mistake….