Lady Catherine (known as Birdy), like all the great teen heroines, is spirited, clever and adventurous - and ready to put off any suitor that comes her way. With her family desperate to marry her off, Birdy's imagination, defiance, and modern independence put her on a collision course with her parents. Relationships are put to the test when the most vile suitor of all arrives to claim her hand.
Girls creator Lena Dunham brings a modern sensibility to a medieval British setting in this effervescent comedy based on the 1994 children’s novel by Karen Cushman. Fourteen-year-old Birdy (Bella Ramsey) is a free-spirited maker of mischief living in intensely repressive times, whose spendthrift father Lord Rollo (Andrew Scott) is plotting to marry her off in order to clear his debts. Meanwhile her mother, Aislinn (Billie Piper), is negotiating one pregnancy after another, which mostly end in heartache. Lesley Sharp plays Birdy’s indispensable nursemaid, with Joe Alwyn her handsome uncle, whom Birdy is more than a little in love with. Ramsey is a sparky match for the material, and a soundtrack of fun cover versions keeps the energy high.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Birdy | Bella Ramsey |
| Sir Rollo | Andrew Scott |
| Uncle George | Joe Alwyn |
| Shaggy Beard | Paul Kaye |
| Aelis | Isis Hainsworth |
| Lady Aislinn | Billie Piper |
| Golden Tiger | Ralph Ineson |
| Ethelfritha | Sophie Okonedo |
| Morwenna | Lesley Sharp |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Lena Dunham |
