Birds of a Feather

The girls are back! One of BBC TV’s most popular and fondly-remembered sitcoms comes to the stage with all three of its original leading cast members, Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph. Read more …

Birds of a Feather ran on BBC for nearly ten years throughout the 1990s becoming a massive hit right from the word go and remains not only a classic comedy but also, as a female-centred long-running series, a truly rare gem.

And now the three stars of the TV series are re-united on stage to re-create their adored characters, sisters Sharon Theodopolopoudos and Tracy Stubbs and their sex-mad neighbour, Dorien Green, in a brand-new show created especially for the theatre by The Comedy Theatre Company, producers of the highly-successful tour of Victoria Wood’s dinnerladies.

Please note that, due to the busy work lives of the three stars, this tour is very limited in length so make sure you grab this opportunity to see Birds of a Feather onstage for the first time ever.

The critical consensus

The plot’s silly and underdeveloped, but the genuine goodwill and willingness to laugh that the audience brings with them makes up for any shortcomings.

(*) (*) Josie Balfour, The Scotsman, 10/04/2013

While the two plots work splendidly as a comic engine, firing up plenty of zingers, the quieter moments when Sharon, Tracey and Dorien are swapping gags and barbs are even better.

(*) Martin Gray, Annals of Edinburgh Stage, 10/04/2013

This is escapism of the very highest order, not to be missed on these cold and wet nights that seem to be carrying on so endlessly. Grab a friend. Grab a sherry. Grab a ticket. And enjoy a nostalgic night out with the queens of British comedy.

(*) Alex Eades, Edinburgh Guide, 10/04/2013

As a trip down memory lane, there’s no denying that this is highly enjoyable for those who remember the girls in their 90s pomp and fans of the show will lap it up in their droves. Quite right too!

Alan Chadwick, STV, 11/04/2013

This sadly is a production that smacks of desperation rather than any artistic craft.

(*) (*) (*) (*) Callum Madge, TVBomb, 11/04/2013

Some of the jokes are funny, some much less so; but for fans of the series, this stage version offers a solid, reliable and delightful two hours of entertainment, that sometimes soars into the realms of real, hard-hitting comedy, on the perennial British themes of class, sex, and the mysterious fact that the higher up the social ladder you rise, the more likely you are to be able to go thieving, with complete impunity.

(*) (*) Joyce McMillan, 11/04/2013