The weather has changed and the birds are behaving oddly. It’s becoming scary. One family sounds a warning – but is anyone listening? Malthouse Theatre presents a new stage version of Daphne du Maurier’s short story, immortalised on screen by Alfred Hitchcock. Adapted by Louise Fox for a solo performer and directed by Matthew Lutton, the production will star Paula Arundell as the farmer’s wife, who tells the story and embodies all the other characters. The audience will experience the visceral production through headphones, with a nightmarish soundscape heightening the Gothic horror. (Read our interview with Fox on page 51.)

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Overnight, the weather has turned in a small town. A war has been declared and there’s no one who can stop it.

One family sounds the warning, but what can you do when denial is as easy as keeping your head down?

Award-winning actor Paula Arundell sends your pulse sky-rocketing in this adrenaline-shot adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic gothic horror that Hitchcock immortalised in film.

Lights off, headphones on, it is time to be immersed in a theatrical feat of audio engineering. Enter a nightmarish soundscape of flying feathers, murderous swoops and thrilling carnage directed by Matthew Lutton.

As you dodge and duck out of reach, just remember: the big-wigs in the city won’t save you.