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And The Birds Did Sing
Tron Theatre, Glasgow


 

WHEN, at the end of Curious Seed’s show And the Birds Did Sing, the performer Christine Devaney voiced the question: “Has anything changed?” I could have leapt to my feet and honestly answered yes. 

Her timing was apposite. I had begun to be keenly aware of how differently I now felt, in comparison with having breached Glasgow’s Tron Theatre for a nestle and a curious watch, just an hour prior. 

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