Birds of Paradise Theatre Company

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

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Seven musical theatre actors face the camera holding hats away from their chests, in what's known as a Fosse pose. They're singing their hearts out.

 

Our Productions

Past Productions

Four male performers clustered on a slightly smokey looking stage. Two of them are in wheelchairs, the other two are standing. Their ages appear to range from young to middle aged and they are dressed in various coloured shirts and jeans. They all appear to be reaching out to grab a man in a yellow T shirt who is standing in the middle of them all.
Production 2016 & 2019

Purposeless Movements is a visually stunning dance theatre piece that riffs on the stories of four guys with cerebral palsy, how it affects their lives, their gender, their masculinity and their movement.

A room with black walls and a black and white checkered floor, there are zebra print blinds over the windows and stretches of brightly coloured tape everywhere. On the left hand side of the wall the phrase 'The fucking end' is spelt out in tape. In the centre there is a blotchy pink sofa. Two young men, both in: sneakers, skinny jeans and t shirts, stand on either arm of the sofa. They are reaching out and grabbing onto each others arms.
Production June - July 2019

'_____ is where the heart is' is a tale of displacement and identity that weaves stories from local audiences into its narrative to create a play that resonates with each community it visits.

Five actors line up behind each other centre stage. They have their arms outstretched and the faces that we can see have their mouths open wide as if they are singing.
Production Aug 2018 & Apr 2019

The local am-dram society is under pressure to comply with the equalities agenda. What could be better than the Oscar-winning ‘My Left Foot’?

A group of people gather and lean in to listen to a woman talk. She appears to be in her early 30s and has dark hair. She has one of her arms leant on a man's shoulder, the other four people appear to be listening intently . They are all in modern dress, one of the men appears to be holding a large book and one of the women is holding drum sticks.
Production December 2017

Hans Christian Andersen's first ever children's story is about two people who find each other in a rough tough world – although, like winter, nothing lasts forever.

A shirtless man with a painted face wearing nipple tassles and a hat sits at the front of the stage and scowls. He is white and sat in a wheelchair .There are two more actors in drag makeup placed behind him..
Production October 2017

Blanche & Butch tells the witty and poignant story of the lives, loves and losses of the three disabled men who used to be the sensational Heelz on Wheels. There’s not much sensation now...

A green wash covers the stage as an actor in baggy ragid clothing dances. He appears to be Asian, in his late 20s and he has brown hair with a long side fringe.
Production November 2016

Working with D/deaf and disabled artists in Hong Kong and the UK and with Glasgow hip-hop legends Hector Bizerk to create a thrilling courtroom drama

Production May 2016

Role Shift is a slightly naughty but honest look at the role of a sign language interpreter and what happens when separate worlds collide in a fascinating new way

A drawing of a man in a large blue and red bird costume, he is holding a small blue bird in his hands
Production March - April 2016

The first integrated production to be performed on a main stage in Russia

A young white man with brown hair and a beard lays down on a grey shag rug. He is talking and gesticulating with his hands. A woman in a red armchair with a lamp beside it sits nearby. She appears around the same age as the man, she has long brown hair and is wearing a purple dress.
Production 2015

Refocus the spotlight of attention on invisible forms of gender inequality: heckling, sexual objectification, social stereotyping

Production 2015

The story of Jane Avril, star of the Moulin Rouge and immortalised in Toulouse Lautrec’s iconic posters

Production 2014, 2015 & 2016

Getting your leg over is sometimes more difficult than you think

Two middle aged men leaning on a table. The one on the left is wearing a white shirt and the one of the right is wearing a white robe, he is holding one of his hands to his face and looks distressed.
Production February 2013

An ironic and humorous journey entering the world of brain injury, consciousness, memory and creativity