Set amidst a global crisis in which birds turn on humanity en masse, The Birds follows strangers who band together for shelter and protection. As suspicion and paranoia take hold, the lines are blurred between ally and threat. Daphne du Maurier’s short story, also the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film, is boldly adapted by Conor McPherson in this gripping and unsettling look at human relationships in the face of societal collapse.