Posts by Sula Gleeson
Amplify Festival at Nottingham Playhouse.
Amplify Festival is an annual celebration of artists from across the wider Midlands regions, and takes place this year from 18-21 October at Nottingham Playhouse. The festival will feature a host of new and exciting work from the region, alongside scratch performances, networking opportunities, workshops and panel discussions, it’s a place for artists and audience…
Read MoreName Me Lawand
A new film will be released soon, based on a young Deaf boy who arrives in this country from Iraq. See below for where you can see the film – and when/where you can go to the film with Q&A after with the director. Five-year-old Lawand is on a quest to find a world where…
Read More‘Signing Stars’ British Sign Language choir brings pupils together
The pupils at Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children and King’s Cross Academy primary school are members of the Signing Stars Signing Choir. The weekly lunchtime choir sessions are for children aged 8 to 11, from both Frank Barnes and KCA – so D/deaf children and hearing children. The initiative is part of the ongoing…
Read MoreImagine 2023 Children’s Festival.
The Southbank Centre in London has a Children’s Festival coming up in February, and there are lots of events that will have a BSL interpreter. They say that, “Imagine Children’s Festival is all about unlocking creativity, celebrating the individuality of every child, championing diversity and sparking imaginations.” Why not learn from Michael Rosen (children’s author),…
Read MoreOur Design a Christmas Card Competition 2022
We thought it was news worthy enough to share here our fantastic designers. We launched our competition a few weeks ago, inviting any deaf young person up to the age of 16 to design a Christmas card. Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd were up for grabs. The winner, as well as receiving a voucher…
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