Deafinitely Theatre announce full line-up for 20th anniversary season

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Definitely Theatre have announced the full line up for their 20th anniversary season. 

The season begins with James Baldwin’s Getting There, produced by Toucan Theatre and Oxford Playhouse in association with Deafinitely Theatre and Be Free Young Carers. It explores life as a young carer, giving voices to the stories of young people in Oxfordshire and how they help their families and communities. It centres around Charlie, a deaf young carer who juggles school and friends with responsibilities at home. It is set to tour secondary schools in Oxfordshire from 21 March-1 April.

Then follows the world premiere of Everyday, directed and written by Deafinitely Theatre’s Artistic Director Paula Garfield. Based on interviews with deaf women and non-binary people who have survived domestic abuse, the cast for the show’s UK tour includes Fifi Garfield, Kelsey Gordon, Zoë McWhinney and Bea Webster. The show will be presented in British Sign Language and spoken English for a deaf and hearing audience and is commissioned by New Diorama Theatre. It will open at the venue on 16 May, running until 11 June before touring to Birmingham Rep, York Theatre Royal and Northern Stage. 

These two new productions join the previously announced Talking Hands, a series of short films about the deaf experience of the pandemic. The films include I Still Blame Myself by Lianne Herbert, starring Kelsey Gordon; Keeping Hope by Melissa Mostyn starring Nadia Nadarajah; Lockdown Hairy, written and performed by EJ Raymond; Life, It Goes On by Abigail Gorman, starring Bea Webster; and The Women I Am, written and performed by Samantha Pearsall. 

The films will be available here, with tickets for the shows available here.