Birds of Paradise Theatre Company

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

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Our Projects

These projects form the core of our artist and sector development work

Past Projects

A young woman sits on a comfy chair looking thoughtfully into the distance. Her right hands props up her chin. Her legs are corssed and her left leg is a prosthetic leg. Balanced on her lap is a laptop.
Project 2022 & 2023

BOP Writers

BOP Writers offerd a supportive environment for disabled playwrights to develop their skills through collaborative sessions. This programme has now become BOP's Disabled Writers' Room

An image from the Brew anthology showing text cut from printed documents laid on top of a piece of naturally dyed fabric. The text reads, "Can you read and understand signs, symbols and words?"
Project Sept 2022

Brew: Crafting Responses to the Disability Benefits System

Zephyr Liddell, Associate Artist, responds to the themes of Don't. Make. Tea.

A young Asian woman sits in a wheelchair, facing away from the camera, but with her head turned over her left shoulder to face the camera. A red cape billows off from her neck line, rippling in the wind.
Project March - Sept 2022

Bolster

Bolster, a collaboration between Birds of Paradise and Bijli Productions, offered disabled artists of color opportunities for creative development, providing funding and a supportive environment to cultivate new ideas.

Project August 2021

Soñando in Silence

Soñando in Silence explored theatrical experiences with artists Sofia Olmos from Mexico and Jamie Rea from Scotland, focusing on D/deaf perspectives and audience immersion

A woman lies on her back on a sofa, hands clasped across her chest. A book with a red cover is open, lying across her face.
Project 2021 & 2022

Sensing Stories

An opportunity for disabled people based in Scotland to develop storytelling skills and learn about how those skills can be useful

Photo of a large library sized bookshelf taken slightly side on so we can see the curve of the bookshelves as it bends around the large room.
Project January to June 2021

Book Club

Six books, each of which had a connection with disability culture

Black and white photo of shelves covered in old style radios. A pink circle says "Something to Say" and a green circle says "Rudeigin ri Ràdh"
Project August 2020

Something to Say

A development opportunity that worked to amplify seldom-heard voices within radio drama

A row of 13 different types of heads for a screwdriver, for all sorts of different types of screw. They are each neatly slotted into a rubber holder.
Project April - Oct 2020

Make It Accessible

A series of online events exploring different ways to improve accessibility in theatre

BOP on the Wire logo: Two colourful birds perch on either side of a microphone, which sits on a slightly sagging telegraph wire
Project Jan - June 2020

BOP on the Wire

A podcast interviewing cast members from previous BOP shows

A middle aged woman in a red dress sits on the floor with her eyes closed. An older man in a wheelchair sits behind her, he is reaching out and holding her hand.
Project 2020

Make Do & Mend

An artist development opportunity that offers artists a chance to develop an idea, based around a theme that invites an opportunity to consider the position of women and girls living in Scotland today

Three people in drag makeup. They are all wearing T shirts with denim dungarees, The dungarees have names on front, the girls on the left read 'Sarah' and the boys on the right read 'Jordy. The person in the middle has their arms crossed, so the name is obscured, they are putting a lollipop in their mouth.
Project February 2020

Imaginate at BOP Artists

Imaginate at BOP Artists is a joint research and development project from BOP and Imaginate

The image shows the frame of a large wooden cube, with no walls so we can see inside. It has been made to look like a doctors office; there is a desk with computer and piles of files; a medical model of the human body; a medical looking bed separated from the desk by a screen. On the other side of the image an audience sits a watches.
Project Autumn 2017

BOP Artists

A residency opportunity – in partnership with National Theatre of Scotland – for disabled artists in Scotland