Birds of Paradise Theatre Company

Scotland's touring theatre company promoting disabled artists and supporting the arts sector

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Blog 14 Oct 2017

Six participants (4 older, 2 younger) worked with one Project Lead / development artist, Philippa Clark

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Role Shift 8 Jun 2016

The good ship Fortune has set sale, at least for now! Role Shift had a very successful run at Oran Mor and Ayr Gaiety […]

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Role Shift 13 May 2016

It’s been a week since Birds of Paradise threw open the rehearsal room doors and welcomed theatre-makers and members of the public into Role […]

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Role Shift 11 May 2016

Rehearsals here at BoP are well underway, so we took the chance to ask Lesley Hart, the writer of Role Shift, a few questions […]

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Role Shift 5 May 2016

Our open rehearsal is only a day away and we’re very excited to be welcoming people into the rehearsal room for Role Shift. To […]

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Role Shift 3 May 2016

It’s Monday morning in the BoP office and there’s a feeling of excitement in the air. We are about to start rehearsals of a […]

Urod The Last Show 19 Apr 2016

A lot of the theatre terms we take for granted in the UK don’t have a similar meaning over here. When I set up […]

Urod The Last Show 13 Apr 2016

Part of the joy of collaborating with companies overseas is working with artists you might not generally meet that then bring a whole new […]

Urod The Last Show 7 Apr 2016

Russia is full of surprises. I think it’s generally accepted that the social inclusion agenda for deaf and disabled people is way behind our […]

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Urod The Last Show 1 Apr 2016

It’s the start of something but also it feels like I began this journey a long time ago. Today Sergey Jakovsky and I wait […]