homing birds

Can a place ever be home without a connection to family and roots?

Autumn 2019
Plymouth, Salisbury, Hornchurch, Leicester, London

by Rukhsana Ahmad

Young Afghan refugee Saeed desperately wants to reconnect with his roots and find his long-lost sister. So he leaves his adoptive family in London and returns home to Kabul to work as a doctor, eager to contribute to rebuilding a new Afghanistan. But here past and present collide and Saeed must face up to the reality of his changed world.

This moving and thought-provoking play asks if a place can ever be home without a connection to family and roots?

  • ★★★★★ “a work of significance and spirited potency, a deep and intelligent examination of people and themes too rarely presented on stage"

    – The Spy in the Stalls

  • "There’s much to appreciate about Homing Birds…the writing is insightful and agile…The performances shine through, and with Helena Bell’s direction come bursts of vibrant energy"

    –The Stage

  • "This is a rich and fascinating story, and the actors imbue it with a wonderful warmth..."

    – My Theatre Mates

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