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Homing Bird is an LGBTQIA+ community-interest theatre company - examining the line between comedy-drama and the tragicomic, with the aim of bringing theatre to underrepresented audiences in the form of authentic queer experiences and inclusive workshops. We want our productions to celebrate diversity and contribute to a sense of togetherness.

We strive to take audiences to places they've not been before, using physical theatre, symbolism and deconstructed narratives to normalise queer relationships in universal stories. 
Our work should feel like flying home: a brave, challenging journey moving towards a comforting and fun destination. 
We aim to start conversations and let ideas take flight.

CHIARA VIRGILIO

Co-Founder & Director

Chiara is a migrant and queer-identifying theatre director from Milan (Italy), graduated from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama on their BA Contemporary Performance Practice: Drama, Applied Theatre and Education course with First Class Honours. She is the Project Manager of PSYCHEdelight Theatre Company of Sanctuary and the Assistant Practitioner of Kiln Theatre's Minding the Gap project, as well as a member of the Director's Cut Theatre Company. Chiara has devised and directed live and digital performances in 12 languages both in London and Milan, exploring themes of migration, multilingualism, mental health and queerness.


Curriculum Vitae

JONNY PEYTON-HILL

Co-Founder & Writer-Performer

Jonny is a queer-identifying writer-performer and a graduate of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama on their BA Acting (Collaborative and Devised Theatre) course. He has also previously trained with Project A and the National Youth Theatre. As an actor he has recently appeared in Demons (The Customs House), the immersive Jurassic World Exhibition (ExCel London), Dick Whittington (Above the Stag Theatre), James Smith - My Oh My (music video) and The Wizard of Oz (Newcastle Theatre Royal). In his writing, he emphasises LGBTQ+ voices, hopes to normalise the queer experience and synonymously stirs up a bit of anarchy. He is fascinated by comedy-drama and aims to both confront and entertain an audience.

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