Last night I attended a performance of Birdsong at York Theatre Royal as I booked a free ticket as part of the York Literature Festival. I read Birdsong many years ago and unfortunately it did not enjoy the novel greatly. Luckily this production did engage me a little more. However I found that the characters hadn’t been developed enough for me to become emotionally attached. The set was incredible and the stage directions were innovative, therefore this made up for the lack of emotional response I experienced. Overall it was a pleasant evening and worth going to.
