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Deaffest review: Retreat, directed by Ted Evans

May 17, 2013

Ted Evans’ last film, The End, was an incredible success, winning numerous awards around the world for its depiction of the decline of Deaf culture when a ‘cure’ for deafness is found. Evans went on to direct the film for the Paralympics opening ceremony and this time last year, won Deaffest’s Ben Steiner bursary of […]

Review: Deaffest 2012

June 19, 2012

For the first time in five years, Charlie Swinbourne went to the UK’s Deaf film and television festival Deaffest as a journalist rather than as a filmmaker. He reviews the festival and this year’s batch of films. Wolverhampton might not seem like the obvious place for a Deaf film and television festival, but with a […]

Theatre Review: Love’s Labour’s Lost, by Deafinitely Theatre

May 23, 2012

’37 Plays. 37 Languages.’ This is the tag line for the Globe Theatre’s Globe to Globe season, hosting theatre companies from every corner of the world. The season may be international in outlook, yet the language used to perform this version of Love’s Labour’s Lost is at once home-grown, yet very different from the language […]

Theatre review: Deafinitely Theatre’s ‘Gold Dust’

March 29, 2012

Read my review of Deafinitely Theatre’s play Gold Dust for Disability Arts Online here. Or read on below. Family. It’s a big theme in deaf life. That sounds like a terrible introduction to a review doesn’t it? I mean, family’s a big theme for everyone. But there’s something unique about deafness in the impact it […]

Review: Rita Simons – My daughter, deafness and me (BBC1)

March 21, 2012

Rita Simons and her husband Theo have twin daughters, who are five years old. One of them, Maiya, was born moderately deaf and has progressively lost more of her hearing since she was born. This documentary, which is the latest instalment in the BBC’s Beyond Disability season, follows them as they explore the different options […]

Theatre review: Deafinitely Theatre’s 4Play Showcase

February 23, 2012

You’re one of four writers attending ten workshops over the course of three months. Then a director picks up your script, brings a cast together, they rehearse and next thing you know, your play is being performed to over 100 people in a theatre. It’s a nerve-wracking, exposing process. It’s also invaluable; a miniature version […]