Words Apart
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Media Release for Immediate Use:
Odd Socks Productions Presents . . .
Words Apart
Directed by Nicola Clements
Devised by The Odd Socks Collective
14-18 February 2009, 8.00pm
BATS THEATRE, 1 Kent Tce
Bookings: book@bats.co.nz or 04 802 4175
Cost: $16/12/10
Can love bring two star-cross’d lovers together?
Words Apart is a powerful play combining two of our official languages – the verbal English and the visual New Zealand Sign
Language.
Words Apart is devised and inspired around the love and hate themes of the great tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Ryan, a young Deaf man
and Jules, who is hearing, struggle to convince the Deaf and hearing communities that their love is real; that love is
more than just words.
The cast features both Deaf and hearing actors and is the brainchild of director Nicola Clements who learnt to sign as a
hobby during University.
“It’s a beautiful expressive language,” says Clements. “When I was learning to sign the Deaf community were incredible patient with me – it’s such an open and warm community
and we want to welcome our audiences into this world!”
Words Apart strives to portray Deaf culture not as a disability, but as a difference that can be celebrated, included and equal.
Starring: Darryl Alexander, Ivana Palezevic, Isaac Heron, Jared Flitcroft and Sophia Elizabeth.
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