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 whalewatching 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

‘memorable, subtle and bold.’
The Scotsman on Birds of Paradise’s
Beneath You Spider Girls are Everywhere! by Kathy McKean

The Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow @ 7.30pm
Tuesday 23rd September (preview)
Wednesday 24th September – Saturday 27th September