Deaf Awakening

Description

Deaf Awakening is a brand-new theatrical production that explores the deaf world perspective through a series of monologues, dialogues and short scenes.

This show aims to educate the public about the recurring themes of daily discrimination, system expulsion, ignorance and cultural misappropriation where deaf people find themselves in a dominant environment culture. However, this show also aims to raise awareness of the beauty of deaf culture and to appreciate the deaf community more.

Deaf Awakening will feature integrated British Sign Language (BSL) – there will be four actors on stage, two BSL speaking and two English speaking. The BSL dialogue will be translated into spoken English, and the spoken English translated into BSL.

This show was written after the writer conducted interviews with deaf people of all ages and genders on their views and experience as a deaf person through their life, workplace, finding their identity and sign language.