Birds of Paradise Theatre Company
in association with The Citizens’ Theatre

OFFSHORE by Alan Wilkins

Directed by Morven Gregor

Where the land meets the water, where the urban meets the rural, Alan Wilkins’ new play explores what happens when a landscape changes, when a town loses its young people and the sea loses its fish.

Set in a small community in Scotland, the spotlight falls on the remote village to reveal a complex web of interdependencies – life in this rural idyll is far from easy or straightforward.

A mother struggles to make ends meet running a chandlery and a whale-watching boat. Her daughter, torn between her ambitions, supporting her mother and her boyfriend, is on the verge of leaving the close-knit community in search of secure work. A new couple comes to live in the village and establish themselves as pillars of the community. But why have they chosen this quiet fishing village? Where does their money come from? All is not quite what it seems…!

‘the most accomplished of recent attempts to wrestle with the
political mindset’ The Guardian on Alan Wilkins’ Carthage Must Be
Destroyed, winner of the 2007/8 Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland
for Best New Play




All performances of this show will be captioned
and audio description support will be provided

Tour Info:

October 1 2008, Paisley Arts Centre; October 2 2008, Rothes Halls, Glenrothes; October 3 2008, Lochgelly Centre; October 4 2008, Webster Theatre, Arbroath; October 6 2008, Dalrymple Arts Centre; October 7 2008, Lonach Hall, Strathdon; October 8 2008, The Warehouse, Lossiemouth; October 10 2008, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh; October 11 2008, Dundee Rep; October 22 2008, Lochinver Village Hall; October 23 2008, Eden Court, Inverness; October 24 2008, MacPhail Centre, Ullapool; October 28 2008, Ballachulish Village Hall; October 30 2008, Lemon Tree, Aberdeen; November 1 2008, Taynuilt Village Hall.