Watch: A Deafeeeeee’s dream

Last October, film director Ted Evans and writer Charlie Swinbourne came to Peterborough and meet the members of the Peterborough and District Deaf Children’s Society (PDDCS) and tell them all about how they got involved in writing and film making.

We booked a small cinema for Ted and Charlie to show off some of their work and explain why they do what they do and how they overcome the barriers that face deaf people in the world of work. The kids loved it – they were inspired enough to want to make their own film.

Soon after, we were also very lucky to have the help of top deaf Actor and SenCity Director, Jacob Casselden, who came to deliver three drama workshops especially designed for our members. They loved Jacob and the workshops he delivered. He gave them even more motivation to get creative and express themselves through film. Through the winter, the deaf children’s youth group got to work on their first attempt at film making.

The result is  ‘A deafeeeee’s dream’. It’s a 15 minute fantasy ride into the daydreams of deaf school kids. I want to congratulate all the kids involved in this film and thank Ted, Charlie and the volunteers from PDDCS who worked on this project. Enjoy!

By Andy Palmer, The Limping Chicken’s Editor-at-Large. 

Andy volunteers for the Peterborough and District Deaf Children’s Society on their website, deaf football coaching and other events as well as working for a hearing loss charity. Contact him on twitter @LC_AndyP (all views expressed are his own).

The Limping Chicken’s supporters provide: Deaf Theatre (Deafinitely Theatre), Sign language interpreting and communications support (Deaf Umbrella), online BSL video interpreting (SignVideo), captioning and speech-to-text services (121 Captions), online BSL tuition (Signworld), theatre captioning (STAGETEXT), legal advice for Deaf people (RAD Deaf Law Centre), Remote Captioning (Bee Communications), visual theatre with BSL (Krazy Kat) , healthcare support for Deaf people (SignHealth), specialist lipspeaking support (Lipspeaker UK), deaf television programmes online (SDHH), sign language and Red Dot online video interpreting (Action Deafness Communications) education for Deaf children (Hamilton Lodge School in Brighton), and a conference on deafness and autism/learning difficulties on June 13th in Manchester (St George Healthcare group).