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" Birds of Paradise are a company who know how to use entertainment to maximum effect. "

Thom Dibdin,
Edinburgh Evening News


Past Productions

Dougal Graham by Tom Lannon (1991)  - a co-production with Fablevision
A comic tragedy, riotous, irreverent and bawdy, Dougal Graham looked at the vast tapestry of Scottish history.

The Farce of Circumstance by Tom Lannon (1995)
Tom Lannon’s darkly humorous and honest play looked at two people locked in their own personal prisons.

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
by Bertolt Brecht (1996)
Written by Brecht in exile during the rise to power of the Nazis, Arturo Ui parodies the rise to power of Hitler and his inner circle.

Tongues by Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin (1997) - a co-production with 7:84
Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin’s dramatic collage of voices, Tongues also included new writing by members of the company.

Working Legs by Alasdair Gray (1998)
Award winning writer, Alasdair Gray, created this tragic-comedy especially for the company. Working Legs – a play for people without them.

Merman by Susan McClymont and Dave Buchanan (2000)
Written for the company by Scotland’s two leading writers of children’s fantasy, Merman was a tale within a tale...
 
Rescuers Speaking by Wilfred Harrison (2002)
The story of ordinary people who risked everything to save some of Hitler’s victims. The Polish woman; the Italian priest; the German man; all told their amazing stories of bravery with a modest frankness – disturbing, beautiful and haunting.