Theatre Show

'I’ve always been fascinated by them' - Play tells unlikely story of pigeon fanciers

It’s fair to say the world of keeping pigeons is not seen by everyone as sexy. When we think of men and their doos (and it’s almost invariably men) we think of wartime misery, of s***-splattered crumbling huts and older blokes with bunnets gently pecking the mouths of creatures whom they’ve become overly fond of, perhaps even hypnotically controlled by. It’s also fair to generalise that those who keep doos tend not to be life’s extroverts, the types who in fact like to spend lots of quiet time in personal reflection.