Stupidity, friendship, growing up. Birdie reminds everyone of what it means to be a teenager.
The Matilda Neill play introduces three working-class Geordie lasses who are forced to face adulthood and discover what life holds for them.
Farrah Abbassy, making her stage debut as one of the main characters, said: “Anna is 18 years old and so am I and so she was just instantly relatable.
“I think also as soon as I saw it that it was a play about girls my age that were navigating their way into adulthood. I was like girl that’s me.”
Each actor’s performance was totally convincing and the chemistry between the characters was electric. The realness of the roles was what made this play so memorable.
It was lovable too for challenging the stereotype of theatre being only for an upper-class audience. This play proves it is for anyone and everyone.
Farrah said: “I think having this play in Salford theatres is what we need to see.
“We all went to high school with a girl like Anna or we all went to college with a girl like Brogan.”
The engaging northern characters move seamlessly from cracking ridiculous jokes, to experiencing big milestones in life, such as the agony of unrequited love.
The life choices made by the characters made us reflect not just on their teenage challenges but our own making it a valuable as well as entertaining night out.
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