Category: Artists

  • Deaf Men Dancing Laban Theatre

    Deaf explorer delighted to announce that Greenwich Performs have commissioned “Deaf Men Dancing” Mark Smith is re inventing the dance company with new dancers Joshua Cantril, Joseph Porton and Aaron Rahn. Get Tickets for Deaf Men Dancing – a fusion of dance styles and sign-language – Two Nights, 9th October & 10th October Time:7.30 doors…

  • Jewellery maker Maral Mamaghani and sound designer Chris Bartholemew

    Box opening Maral Mamaghani bone chine over ear jewellery Composer and sound designer Chris Bartholemew gets to work on designing a sound scape when wearing Maral Mamaghani bone chine over ear jewellery. ‘If you want to be alive…read my lips’ Testing work August/September 2019

  • Finn – An Itch and A Scream

    Finn Visual Art Exhibition. Now Open: Monday, June 17, 2019 to Friday, July 26, 2019 – all day. TouchBase Pears at 750 Bristol Road, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, B29 6NA. In 2019, Finn had an artist residency at SENSE, flagship building Touch Base Pears. The residency titled, Life & Deaf led to the first exhibition of visual arts…

  • Rinkoo Barpaga Research and Development

    MADE IN INDIA BRITAIN Rinkoo Barpaga was funded by Arts Council England to explore: Deaf people and stories from the indian subcontinent Over this time in 2018, Rinkoo Barpaga was on The Birmingham REP’s Foundry for emerging theatre makers in the West Midlands. Rinkoo set out to tell the story of South Asian Deaf living in…

  • Mark Smith Hut 8 R&D

    Choreography Mark Smith. Inspired by Alan Turing.         Films by Ben Simmons: Turing’s Machine Research and Development Video. Turing’s Letter Research and Development Video New Composition by Michael England for Hut 8 Research and Development Turing’s Letter Visual Documents August 2018 Turing’s Machine Visual Documents September 2018 Turing’s Law Visual Documents February 2019    

  • Chocolat First Bite Derby Theatre

    4 Minute edit of Chocolat at First Bite Scratch Night Derby Theatre 22 March 2019 3 days of R&D  20/21/22 March 2019 with kind support of The Birmingham REP. Inspired by French black clown Rafael Padilla, Chocolat is a two-hander with two clowns played by emerging theatre maker Rinkoo Barpaga and actor Stephen Collins (Reasons to be…

  • Making Zoetropes Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings & Melanie Tomlinson

    In March 2019 Brighton based Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings completed her project in Birmingham with Zoetrope expert Melanie Tomlinson We will be posting pictures of the Zoetropes soon. It’s an R & D funded by Arts Council England The aim of the R & D is to find a practical solution that will realise the deaf artist’s…

  • Pushing very traditional material in new directions

    Jeweller  Maral Mamaghani and Designer Maker Chris Wight found common ground at their first meeting in March 2019. Chris Wight produces astonishingly beautiful work in a variety of ways – specialising in Bone China, he is always seeking to push this very traditional material in new directions. Deaf Artist Maral Mamaghani wants to make decorative…

  • Rinkoo Sprint Festival 2019

    In March 2019 Rinkoo Barpaga presented Made in India Britain. He filled the theatre with Deaf theatre goers living in London, eager to watch Rinkoo’s transition from Stand up comic to Theatre maker, following his work with Director Daniel Bailey and The Birmingham REP’s Foundry course, for new emerging theatre makers based in West Midlands.…

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