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Contractions by Mike Bartlett
Deafinitely Theatre’s latest production is coming to an end (29th Nov), but there’s still time to get to see it. There is even a special ticket price to encourage you! (£10.50 by quoting DTNEWS) If that wasn’t enough, the production has recently been nominated for two awards in the Offies – the Off West End…
Read More‘Wonderstruck’ (Oct. 20) the film
A new film about to open in America later this month, features a Deaf child actor. It’s “a complicated love poem to New York City.” In the 1920s, Rose (Simmonds) is a deaf New Jersey girl who runs away to Manhattan to find her Hollywood idol (Julianne Moore), while 50 years later, Ben (Fegley) goes there to…
Read MoreCombating Social Isolation: Chichester Festival Theatre’s Buddies Scheme
It began with a chance conversation with a long-standing member of our audience. She was 92 and loved the theatre but sadly didn’t feel up to coming on her own any more. That got us thinking. So much focus today is on finding the “new” audiences and theatre-makers of the future: at Chichester Festival Theatre…
Read MoreDeaf Diaspora 2017
In this September 21st to 1st October 2017, it will be our 8th festival! Our theme this year is Access to Arts This year we are celebrating Art (theatre, dance, visual art) made by Deaf people and exploring the influence of this on the mainstream. There will be workshop, demonstrations, talks, discussions and stalls. Why…
Read MoreNew Introduction to Directing course for D/deaf and disabled artists in the North East.
Watch the video here for the full information with BSL interpretations https://vimeo.com/229974004 Have you ever seen a theatre show and thought I could do this, or I would like to do this, or even I wonder what it’s like to do this? Then this could be a perfect opportunity for you to find out! Greyscale…
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