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The Man Who Lived Twice production from Birds of Paradise

The Man Who Lived Twice production from Birds of Paradise

Play dramatising meeting between Edward Sheldon and John Gielgud

27 Feb 2012

Writer, actor and director Garry Robson loves a challenge, and as the pen behind Birds of Paradise’s upcoming production The Man Who Lived Twice he’s given himself just that. In dramatising the meeting between legendary American playwright Edward…

Mother Courage and Her Children

Mother Courage and Her Children

Birds of Paradise production of resonant Brecht classic

(3 stars)18 Mar 2011

The depressing thing about Brecht is that his plays never go out of date. At a time when Western governments stand accused of propping up corrupt dictatorships with a lucrative arms trade, his black comedic musical on the commodification of war and the…

Clutter Keeps Company

Clutter Keeps Company

(3 stars)23 Feb 2010

The title of this new young adult production from Birds of Paradise is so eye-catchingly obtrusive, it’s a surprise to come out after 80 minutes and realise that it’s really kind of irrelevant to the story. However, Davey Anderson’s packed-out script…

Offshore

Offshore

18 Sep 2008

Alan Wilkins triumphed in this year’s Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland as the author of Carthage Must Be Destroyed, a knotty drama about the political mindset. Now he’s teamed up with Glasgow’s Birds of Paradise, a company dedicated to putting…

Scottish Arts Council funding shift causes controversy

1 May 2008

A redistribution of Scottish Arts Council funding, announced today, has readjusted the balance of financial power within the Scottish arts. Among those to benefit under the new plans are: Arika, who run experimental music festivals Instal and Kill…

Beneath You Spider Girls Are Everywhere

Beneath You Spider Girls Are Everywhere

(3 stars)4 Oct 2007

A report from the National Consumer Council warned that by the age of ten, many children have become brand aware shoppers and labels can become a dangerous obsession. Birds of Paradise’s latest production examines this phenomenon basing their latest…

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