Now That I Am Become d/Deaf (Destroyer of Words)
Words words words. What if we just forgot language for a moment, and connected with something more simple? Something innate, primal, and as loud as a look? Exploring their own degenerative hearing loss as a source of celebratory play and invention, a clown stumbles before its audience, and dances between the chattering heads and the singing hands of strangers.
Tackling cultural boundaries and personal identity through moments of chaos, sincerity, interconnectivity, and utter nonsense. Immerse yourself in a world where the loudest actions are lost in translation, and the tiniest looks become deafening. A visual spectacle that celebrates silence, and throws a wordless ear-splitting laugh into the face of frustration – in an effort for one clown to simply say “hello!”.
This show is non-verbal and highly visual.
Location
Town Hall Gardens Stage Two
Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1DA
What Three Words: matter.monday.elder
Time
Sunday - 11:30-12:00 & 15:00-15:30
About the Artists
Ryan Murphy is an English circus theatre maker based between Bristol and the Southeast, specialising in unusual object juggling and narrative-driven circus. Their hearing loss inspired them towards visual arts and physical theatre, with a passion to tell silent stories without barriers. Through their company, Tit for Tat, they develop and tour ensemble circus theatre shows as well as solo work to events and venues across the UK and the EU.
Tit for Tat is an unusual juggling company that believes in celebrating the ordinary. Taking ordinary objects, objectives and scenes, they explore every nook and cranny until they make them extra-ordinary. Tit for Tat has performed pieces both small and large all across the UK bringing a special element of heartfelt complicity and comedic near-calamity to all our performances.
Extraordinary Bodies is a collaboration between show-makers, Cirque Bijou, and Diverse City, a charity that champions diversity and equity in the performing arts. Bringing together the skill and talent of D/deaf, disabled, and non-disabled artists, their work is testament to how diverse, extraordinary people can work equally together on and off stage.