The Goodnight Bird
by Colleen Murphy
by Colleen Murphy
A dark comedy about a couple's unsettling encounter with a homeless man that disrupts their routine and forces them to confront their relationship.
About The Play
About The Play
Part of ‘Introducing Colleen Murphy’, a mini-season within a season as part of “In Their Place” – a three month season of work by women playwrights.
Lilly and Morgan Beaumont are comfortable in their familiar routine until Parker, a homeless man, lands on the balcony of their new condo. After scaring the older couple half to death, he pours himself into the holes of their relationship, agitating them with talk of sex – talk that drives Lilly out into the night with Parker, and sends Morgan on the road to another heart attack. A dark comedy about old love and new courage.
The three Sunday/Monday slots in the season are entirely devoted to introducing the UK to the work of one writer – multi-award-winning Canadian playwright, and our latest Playwright-in-Residence, Colleen Murphy – with a European premiere, a UK premiere and a world premiere of her work. This mini-season within a season marks Colleen’s UK debut.
Please note that the play includes male nudity.