Wildbird Ltd.

5 East Park Street
Huntly
Aberdeenshire
AB54 8JE

07963 845917 / 01466 793628

info@wildbird.org.uk

About Wildbird

Wildbird are a new theatre and multi arts company based in the North East of Scotland.  Wildbird’s artistic team where brought together for the acclaimed ‘Spinners’ project in 2005 and went on to work together on the national Theatre of Scotland’s ‘Crucible’ and ‘Macbeth’ projects in 2006/7. Wildbird was founded in 2006 and has worked on ‘Peacekeeper’ in partnership with National Theatre of Scotland Workshop in January 2006,  were short listed for The Better Bankside Shakespeare Award at Southwark Playhouse in 2006 and The Arches Award for Stage Directors in 2007. We produce our first full length piece 'Bare Forked Animal' a shocking and powerfull one man KIng Lear for the Drama na ha Alba Festival in Inverness in 2007. Fall of the Peacock Throne is our second full length production and was funded through Hi-arts and Scottish Arts Council's Highland Producers Fund. We currently have a number of television and film projects  in development including 'The Dream of Flight', and 'Shoplifters' a television drama. We are also working on our ongoing new music project Animal behaviour, and several video and visual arts initiatives. 

WHO'S WHO @ WILDBIRD and available as freelancers

Chris Lee - Artistic Director, Chris's most recent work includes National Theatre of Scotland's "Elgin Macbeth" and "Crucible" projects as well as "Peacekeeper", "King Lear - Bare Forked Animal" and "The Fall of the Peacock Throne for Wildbird. Chris was shortlisted for the Arches Award for Stage Directors 2008, and "The Better Bankside" Shakespeare Award 2007 at Southwark Playhouse.

David Martin - Sound Designer, Dave has worked all around the country and abroad with various Theatre companies, groups and solo artists, including National Theatre of Scotland, RSC, 7:84, Sherman Theatre, Poorboy, Ankur, John Cooper Clarke, Dodgy, The Fall, Eric Bogle. Dave has also produced music for film & radio and runs workshops around the country in schools & communities.

Ali Ross - Technical Director, Ali has worked in professional theatre for over 20 years, and since becoming freelance 7 years ago has provided Production Management , Technical Management & lighting design to many productions from rock to Opera, his clients include National Theatre of Scotland, Unique Events (providing lighting design for the Highland Year of Culture Launch Event 2007 in Inverness), BBC Scotland, Eden Court, TFX Scotland, Ecosse Performers College, HITN / Drama Na h-Alba International Theatre Festival, The Highland Council & The Moray Council, Theatre Hebrides and Wildbird to name but a few..He also provides SVQ training in lighting to the technical crew of Out of the Darkness Theatre Co in Elgin.

Graeme Roger - Visual / Multi Media Artist graduated with BA Hons Fine Art and MSC Electronic Imaging from Duncan of Jordonstone College of Art & Design, Dundee. His work spans across filom, performance, photography, installations, theatre and residency projects, often collaborating with other artists and musicians. His work has been exhibited Nationally & Internationally.

FALL OF THE PEACOCK THRONE

'Fall of the Peacock Throne' is Wildbird’s new production about the 1953 CIA coup in Iran, that replaced the democratic government with a brutal dictatorship in support of UK oil interests and so called 'free world' security.

What Ghandi is to India or Mandela is to Africa, Mossadeq is to the Middle East, yet few in the West have even heard of him; an inconveniently honourable and principled leader swept under the carpet of history in order to maintain the West’s false image of itself as a just and tolerant force for good. This is a story everyone should know that has timeless echos resounding and rebounding into the past, present, and future.

The play is epic in its reach but intimate in its design and execution, with stunning multi media imagery and an evocative and haunting soundscape. It tells one of the most sensational yet little known stories of the 20th century and deals with issues of conscience, empire, freedom, and above all, power. The production challenges the audience to see themselves as others see them, stripped of the filter of our national myths and moral self justifications, leaving only the raw truth that lies beneath.

The play weaves together the sinister noir textures of the coup story with the technicolor epic adventure of Alexander the Great's invasion of Iran in 336BC.  The two plots inform each other and challenge the moral shades of grey that lie at the heart of these two world changing events. Taken together this is the true story that lies at the root of Islamic terror and puts the current middle east and Caucasian conflicts into their proper historic and political context. 
 
'Very impressive—a gripping piece of writing and an ambitious and effective production' - Robert Livingston

Following two showcase performances in Lossiemouth on 5th 6th September, we are now looking to take the production to studio scale venues around the UK with a reputation for innovative and challenging programmes in May and June 2009. The cost of each performance is £500 (negotiable)

If you would like to discuss ’Fall of the Peacock Throne’ further please contact the Director Chris Lee at Info@wildbird.org.uk or telephone 01466 793628 or  07963845917.

Ali Ross
AmR Production & Technical Management
116 Harbour Street
Nairn, Morayshire
IV12 4PH
07743 736860
email - amr_productions@hotmail.co.uk

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