In These Days of Prohibition

A great performer on page and stage, Caroline Bird in her fifth collection pretends to lay down her celebrated satiric weaponry to seek out ‘simple truth’. Venturing into the badlands of the human psyche, she finds more than we bargained for. From a geriatric thrill-seeker more concerned with sexual experimentation than reading the Radio Times, to a self storage facility that holds people’s shameful secrets rather than their belongings, Caroline’s direct and unflinching approach cuts to the heart of the human experience, our fears, loves and internal conflicts.