Southside Drama group started in 2015 with a group of 20 keen young people performing Joe of Arabia, written by Douglas Roberts. Six of the group had come with experience with the Shakespeare Group.

Joe isn’t even from Arabia, so things don’t start well. However things really come off the rails when Joe decides he doesn’t want to be in the story at all and runs off in the opposite direction. Enter some Arabian merchants, Mediterranean sailors and a hungry whale, and the stage is set for mayhem and intrigue.