The migratory bird
The Migratory Bird is a powerful solo performance that explores migration, identity, grief, and the fragile search for belonging. Blending physical theatre, movement, and poetic storytelling, the piece follows the emotional journey of a woman navigating the space between the home she left behind and the life she is trying to build.
Inspired by personal experience, The Migratory Bird examines the invisible emotional weight of displacement—what we carry with us, what we lose, and how memory shapes who we become. The performance moves beyond political narratives to reveal the deeply human experience of migration, inviting audiences to reflect on home, resilience, and the universal desire to belong.
With minimal staging and a strong physical language, the production creates an intimate and immersive theatrical experience where the body becomes the primary storyteller. Honest, moving, and emotionally resonant, The Migratory Bird speaks to anyone who has experienced change, loss, or the challenge of finding their place in the world. It is an invitation to witness a story that is both deeply personal and universally relatable.
Writen, directed and performed by Melika Radmand
Running time: 45mins
Date & Time: Saturday 10th October@2.30pm
Content Warnings: Strong language
Audience Guidelines
Latecomers will not be admitted. Ticket purchases are non refundable.
Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members.
The Bread & Roses Theatre is an unfunded venue that continues to operate on ticket sales only. Donations help support independent arts and theatremakers, an essential step in preserving the future of fringe theatre.
Venue: The Bread and Roses Theatre
Home of The Lambeth Fringe, The Bread & Roses, is an award-winning and innovative fringe pub theatre.
A 50-seat fringe venue above The Bread & Roses Pub, the theatre programs a wide-spread variety of productions for local as well as far-reaching audiences. Equality, diversity and artistic quality are at the forefront of the theatre's programming, which features in-house productions as well as many visiting companies. The theatre regularly hosts touring shows and has worked with award-winning ensembles with decades of experience but also frequently welcomes and supports emerging theatre-makers taking their first steps. The programme includes new writing, contemporary revivals, reinvented classics and occasionally also devised work, improvisational theatre, comedy events, family shows and physical theatre.
Recently renovated, The Bread and Roses Theatre features brand new tiered seating, with 50 new individual seats, and a professional floor.
Theatre: Capacity 50, full rig, lighting desk and sound system. Projector and mics hire-able.
Perfect for: Theatre, new-writing, WIP, solo shows and boundary pushing work.
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