Casting "Darling, I Think I’m Turning Into a Chicken," a darkly comic new play about generational trauma and transformation.

Florence has everything she’s ever wanted: a fiancée, a thriving career, and a perfect home. But when she starts to grow feathers, her carefully constructed life begins to unravel. As the transformation worsens and threatens to kill her, Florence discovers she’s not alone: her estranged family are changing too. To survive, she must confront the past she’s spent a lifetime avoiding.

Blending new writing with choreographed movement and ensemble physical theatre, the piece moves between realism and absurdism. Using the image of the chicken, fragile yet descended from the T-Rex, the play explores how trauma is carried in the body, and what happens when it is left unspoken across generations. Urgent, surreal and darkly funny, Darling, I Think I’m Turning Into a Chicken asks what it takes to break cycles of inheritance—and whether healing is ever truly possible.

Florence’s finance, male-presenting. Darren is a calm, goofy and thoughtful partner - a true support pillar to Florence’s hectic and career-oriented life. He is a keen observer and an enthusiastic cook who enjoys surprising others and making a fool of himself for the sake of fun. He is open and compassionate to Florence’s challenges, though at times struggles to connect to the depth of what she carries due to very different experiences in life. His more logic-focused way of thinking puts him at odds with Florence. Still, he always tries to understand and empathise with the hopes of figuring them out together. He is a work-at-home architect, driven by family goals and his need to take care of his loved ones.

“Don’t you think we should try to create some peace?”

Theatre - 'Darling, I Think I'm Turning Into A Chicken'

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