Welcome
This website is about the international arts project UNWRAP and the theatre production that resulted from it, NEW NORMAL. This project was a collaboration between disabled artists in Nepal and Scotland which started with sharing stories in online workshops and culminated in working together in Kathmandu in April 2025 to make NEW NORMAL - a new work of accessible theatre shaped by all the artists involved.
This website tells you the story of the project and the making of the production, the ways we worked together and the things we learned. It also allows you to view the clips of the filmed version of the production that took place at the 3rd Nepal International Theatre Festival at Mandala Theatre in Kathmandu 25th - 27th March.
It is not easy to tell the story of such a big project that involves so many people, processes and ideas. There is so much to tell you and we cannot tell it all! If you would like more detail about anything on this website please get in touch - we would be happy to hear from you and add to the website. We would like this to be a record of our project past, present and future and a resource for others wishing to make accessible theatre that tells the stories of disabled people.
We hope you enjoy exploring New Normal.
UNWRAP team
Birds of Paradise Theatre Company Scotland in partnership with Diverse Patterns and Mandala Theatre Nepal