Girl, Watching

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Sibylla Kellaway's volatile marriage to unfaithful David is ending. She has flown the marital nest and taken refuge in a summer-house at Silversands, a remote coastal promontory. Sibylla's flight has bitterly divided friends and family and opened old wounds. Anna, a young birder, is also at Silversands. Binoculars and notebook in hand, she secretly records all she sees - the nesting terns and rare waders...and the glamorous, defiant Sibylla. Darkly comic and provocative, Girl, Watching charts a young woman's transformation - from silent observer to vocal witness - told through the language and rituals of bird-watching. It opened at the Astor Theatre, Deal, in January 2003 and later transferred to the Birmingham Rep.

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Jyll Bradley studied Fine Art at Goldsmith's College. Her work spans radio, stage and gallery. She has been involved with many Radio 4 projects, including 'Filet de Soie Veronique', which won the European Broadcasting Union Award for Best Radio Script in 1998. Her theatre work includes 'Digging for Ladies' which toured UK gardens for three summers, and 'Fragrant', a show exploring the 'performance' of flower-arranging.