Extraordinary Wall of Silence

Rehearsals start today!

Today we start rehearsals for our latest project Extraordinary Wall of Silence. We're really looking forward to developing ideas with our amazing cast and creative team. We are collaborating with an ensemble of Deaf and hearing actors to create a production exploring Deaf culture, history and the oppression of Deafness. 

Following a call out for Deaf stories we are delighted to be inviting members of the Deaf community to join us this week in Bristol to tell us their stories. A big thank you to those joining us and also to all those who helped to spread the word! We will also have a lecture from Dr. Paddy Ladd, and watch a sharing of Rinkoo Barpaga’s new one person show: Made In India Britain on Monday 19th at 4pm. Apologies for the late notice, if you want to join us please click here to book but note there are limited tickets due to space.

We’re very excited to have kicked off this project today!

Chloe and the Colour Catcher opens this month!

Perfect for ages 4+ and their families

30 November - 6 January | Bristol Old Vic

Click here to book your tickets

Chloe lives in a world with only one colour, a world that is completely grey. But at night, when she’s wrapped up tight, her dreams are colourful and bright. Unable to contain her imaginative thoughts, Chloe tells of the vast blue seas, lush green jungly-trees and golden yellow sands she’s seen. But, hushed at once by her parents, Chloe is warned to keep such thoughts at bay – for the Grey Queen is out to wash all trace of colour away.

Transforming Bristol Old Vic's state-of-the-art new Studio into a vibrant world of colour and song, join Chloe on her courageous journey to unleash all seven shades of the rainbow in this extraordinary and wholly original tale of bravery, self-expression and fighting for what your heart knows to be true.

A Bristol Old Vic and Ad Infinitum co-production

A call out for Deaf stories...

Hello!

This is our English call out for Deaf Stories. For the BSL version watch the video above - big thank you to David Ellington for helping us make it!

Our new project, Extraordinary Wall of Silence, is a collaboration with Paddy Ladd exploring his book about Deafhood, with 3 Deaf actors, David Ellington, Matthew Gurney and Mia Ward and two hearing actors Deb Pugh and George Mann collaborating to create a production exploring Deaf culture, history and the oppression of Deafness.

We're looking for Deaf stories about growing up, being at school, college or university, and living as a Deaf person in the UK.

We are interested in positive and negative experiences with 'the hearing world' - oppression, making friends, finding a romantic partner with someone who is hearing, and more.

We also want to use stories which celebrate Deaf culture, sign language, and history.

So your stories could become part of our stage production.

Of course, these will be anonymous with all names changed - so anything you share will be kept private :-)

We invite you to attend during the 1st week of rehearsals at a time that works for you, 19th-23rd November 2018.

We're not able to pay, but we can offer tea and coffee and tasty biscuits!

If you also know anyone that might be interested and could help us, please forward this to them.

This is a great opportunity to tell the hearing world things you have always wanted them to know, so we can raise awareness about the lives of Deaf people.

Contact us via text on 07595674442 or email nirandgeorge@ad- infinitum.org ASAP so we can plan a time to meet you.

Many thanks,

Team Ad Infinitum