Writing – talking birds

March 5, 2024August 12, 2024

a collective cultural strategy

What difference would it make if a city’s Cultural Strategy was collectively devised, owned and delivered?

December 26, 2023November 11, 2024

stream the Song Cycle tunes

The Sonoplasts first performed songs from Song Cycle at The Nest in 2022. The album is now streaming and you can find it here…

June 14, 2023August 27, 2024

Accounting for Change

Reflections on our recent Creative Accounting collaboration: can art gently provoke accountants to think about environmental responsibility?

February 25, 2023October 17, 2023

Nestival Song Cycle

Listen again to the livestream, or purchase the limited edition ‘album cover’ print with the songs themselves available to order online or on CD.

February 1, 2023September 14, 2023

three decades, done

Looking back on Talking Birds’ 30th Anniversary Nestival Year. Reflection, full stop & springboard to 2023. Relive the magic or study the stats, its up to you.

July 9, 2020July 31, 2024

our six big ideas

Our ‘six big ideas’ – about artist process & support; access & participation; climate conscience; agency, equity & diversity; nurture & resilience – guide our choices.
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July 9, 2020July 28, 2021

words from the birds

We blog intermittently at Words From the Birds – this ranges from guest blogs by Nest Residents to thoughtful reflections to book recommendations to blatent self-promotion…

June 8, 2020June 30, 2023

so what is Theatre of Place?

The Talking Birds Guide to Theatre of Place (written by Co-Artistic Director Derek Nisbet and originally commissioned by the British Performing Arts Yearbook)

We are a Coventry-based company of artists known for our gently provocative projects which explore, and seek to illuminate, the profound and complex relationships between people and place. We're big on access, human connection, social and ecological responsibility, and on nurturing the next generation of artists and theatre makers, particularly in Coventry. Find out more about us here...

How to find The Nest

Every sale of one or more of our three fabulous Nest Bonds - supports Coventry artists. Or, if you are in a position to make a donation to support our work at The Nest, it would be hugely valued. Thank you.

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Talking Birds is values driven and actively working for change - in our own work and through our support for Culture Declares Emergency & More Than A Moment. Read our Environment & Climate Justice Strategy and Action Plan and our MTAM words-in-progress action plan and find out more about what drives us here: Our Six Big Ideas.