By Finegan Kruckemeyer

Director/Original Concept: Andy Packer

Director: Andy Packer

Actor: Nathan O'Keefe

Musicians: Gareth Chin, Quentin Grant and Steve Lennox

Playwright: Finegan Kruckemeyer

Composer: Quentin Grant

Designer: Wendy Todd

Initial Design : Geoff Cobham

Lighting Design Realiser: Dave Green

Animation: The People's Republic of Animation

Image: Andy Ellis

Stage Manager: Lisa Osborn

Cast: Nathan O'Keefe with Gareth Chin, Quentin Grant and Steve Lennox

A boy wakes up one morning to find he has grown and changed. So much so that no-one in his hometown recognises him, not even his family. A small, flightless bird appears outside his bedroom window. Bird and boy find comfort and support in one another, and embark on a new beginning. This is the story about their journey to the big city, what they find there, what they join in and what they make for themselves. A story about flying from nests, birdsong, the nature of man and wild things, and growing up. From Slingsby comes this enveloping world of pearly prose, lustrous live music, melancholia and sunshine. Lovingly crafted for audiences aged 10 and up.

Back on home turf after travels abroad with its internationally acclaimed hit The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy, award winning theatre company Slingsby brings you Man Covets Bird.

Premiering in the 2010 Adelaide Festival, Man Covets Bird tells the story of a young man, a young bird, and of growing up.

Andy Packer, Artistic Director of Slingsby, wryly notes: "In Australia, we lack loving rituals for the process of coming of age, marking our journey from childhood to adulthood. Unless you count being handed the keys to the car and permission to consume alcohol as our community ritual. With Man Covets Bird we tell a story about the journey of growing up which is joyous, painful, emotional, and often very funny on reflection. Man Covets Bird celebrates the journey that is inevitable for all of us, the great migration from child to adult."

Man Covets Bird takes you to another world, a magical theatre world where everyone knows your name, where you watch a story unfold as you sit in an undercover park-like environment, passing between you handmade handheld objects, lights illuminating an unfolding story of one young man's journey.