For $14, today's side deal gets you a general-admission ticket (a $28 value) to the Tuesday, June 1, staging of Blackbird at Everyman Theatre in Station North. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., but general-admission seating is first-come, first-served, so come early. Call ahead to the box office to reserve your tickets.

In keeping with Everyman's tradition of ending a season with a contemporary play that deals with modern issues, David Harrower's Blackbird is a drama that premiered in 2005 and in 2007 won Britain's highest award for a new play, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. Derek Goldman directs Everyman's production, starring resident company-member Megan Anderson and David Parkes, in his first Everyman performance. The 90-minute play shows the gripping encounter between an older Ray and younger Luna, and the effects of their taboo relationship as it unfolds at Ray's office. There is no intermission.

Reviews

Blackbird took home the Scotland Critics' Award for Best Play in 2006 and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play in 2007:

• Harrower not only [addressed the play's theme] most profoundly… but he also gifted to his actors and their audiences a pair of characters of great depth and sophistication. – Scotland Critics' Award