Birds of Paradise Diary
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| May 2005 Feature: Birds of Paradise Diary |
Fighting for the Land
BIRDS OF PARADISE Theatre Company are touring their latest production around Scotland this month. The company will be logging their experiences on this diary of their travels for the Arts Journal.
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THE NEW PLAY, Brazil 12 Scotland 0, is written by Lewis-based poet and playwright Ian Stephen, and features performers from both countries. The performance uses music, storytelling and some neat football skills to open a gently ironic window into our national psyche.
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 | | Birds of Paradise production Brazil 12 Scotland 0 artwork by Greenlight Creative, photo by Mark Seager |
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In this game the prize is worth fighting for – the land we live on. In Brazil, communities invade unused land; in Scotland we undertake feasibility studies and buy out landlords who want to sell. However, change is in the air. The play captures the mood of the moment, as two island communities attempt to force land sales and push Land Reform Legislation to its limits.
Brazil 12 Scotland 0 is directed by Morven Gregor and designed by Claire Halleran. The cast of disabled and non-disabled actors includes Gael Le Cornec from Brazil alongside Rachel Amey, John Hollywood, Alyth McCormack and Robert Softley. The premiere of the play at the Arches in Glasgow is also the opening event in Ya Basta!, a Scotland-wide framework of cultural activities responding to the arrival of the G8 leaders in Gleneagles this July.
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 | | The cast of Brazil 12 Scotland 0 (L-R: Rachel Amey, John Hollywood, Robert Softley, Gael Le Cornec, Alyth McCormack) |
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Brazil 12 Scotland 0 is supported by the Scottish Arts Council Access and Participation scheme, Glasgow City Council, The Craignish Trust, The Hugh Fraser Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, David Laing Foundation and RKT Harris Trust. The Highland leg of the tour is being supported by Highlands and Islands Enterprise Touring Arts Programme.
is supported by the Scottish Arts Council Access and Participation scheme, Glasgow City Council, The Craignish Trust, The Hugh Fraser Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, David Laing Foundation and RKT Harris Trust. The Highland leg of the tour is being supported by Highlands and Islands Enterprise Touring Arts Programme.
Confirmed tour dates include:
- The Arches, Glasgow, 19 - 21 May 2005
- Village Hall, Gigha, 25 May 2005
- Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, 27 May 2005
- Village Hall, Ballachulish, 31 May 2005
- Upper Springland, Perth, 1 June 2005
- Village Hall, Plockton, 3 June 2005
- Village Hall, Achilitbuie, 4 June 2005
- An Lanntair, Stornoway, Lewis 6 June 2005
- Village Hall, Tarbert, Harris, 7 June 2005
- St Peter’s Hall, Daliburgh, South Uist, 8 June 2005
- Village Hall, Carinish, North Uist 9 June 2005
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Birds of Paradise – the Company
BIRDS OF PARADISE is a professional touring theatre company, which produces adventurous and challenging work that places disability in the public arena. The Company has toured throughout Scotland for 12 years with inventive programmes of performances and workshops, both for traditional theatre-going audiences and people who have difficulty experiencing theatre due to disability or geographical isolation.
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BIRDS OF PARADISE shares its knowledge of good practice across the arts and disability sector with a clear objective: to increase the number of disabled professional theatre practitioners working in Scotland. The Company recognise that in order to reverse hundreds of years of discrimination against people with physical disabilities, it needs to present high quality work and positive role models for contemporary Scottish Theatre, its audiences and practitioners.
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These role models are also engaged to support the Company’s work with physically disabled young people, who continue to be excluded from participating and engaging in the arts. Since 1995, the company has intensively trained 150 people over 22 acting courses and technical skills. 400 general Outreach and Taster Workshops have been run, involving approximately 4800 people. There have been 7 inclusive touring productions with disabled and non-disabled performers and stage workers. 23 disabled actors have been employed. 12 non-disabled actors have also been employed. 4 disabled people were employed in technical jobs.
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Previous Productions include: The Farce of Circumstance, by Tom Lannon (1995); The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht (1996); Tongues, by Sam Shephard and Joseph Chaikin (1997); Working Legs, by Alistair Gray (1998 commission); Playing for Keeps by Archie Hind (1998 commission); Merman by Susan McClymont and Dave Buchanan (2000 commission); Twelve Black Candles by Des Dillon (2001); The Irish Giant, by Garry Robson (2003)
© HI~Arts/Birds of Paradise Theatre, 2005
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| August 2008 Editorial |
How Inspiring Is That?
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