Destroyer of Words
Now I am become d/Deaf (Destroyer of Words)
By Tit for Tat Circus
Performance
Shows at 1pm and 3.30pm at Buttercross (Location 4)
Each show lasts 30 mins
Suitable for all ages
Live audio description and a pre-recorded audio experience available
A visual spectacle that celebrates silence, Tit for Tat Circus return to The Full Shebang with their latest show.
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!”
Access
- Non-verbal
- Live audio description
- Accessible viewing area
- Audio Experience
Listen to the Audio Experience
This is designed as a pre- or post-show listen, rather than an audio description of the show. (24 mins 46 secs)
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- Certain Blacks Ensemble Festival July 2024, Tit for Tat Circus, Now I am become d/Deaf © Sarah Hickson
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- At the Norfolk and Norfolk Festival 2024 © Luke Witcomb
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- Destroyer of Words © Ryan Murphy Photography
Images © Sarah Hickson, Luke Witcomb and Ryan Murphy Photography.
Credits
Supported by Arts Council England originally created with support from Without Walls.
Now I become d/Deaf (Destroyer of Words) is brought to The Full Shebang with support from Without Walls.
About Tit for Tat
Tit for Tat is an unusual juggling company that believes in celebrating the ordinary. They take everyday objects, objectives and scenes, and explore every nook and cranny until they make them extraordinary.
They believe in finding the most exciting and, more often than not, the most difficult way of getting from A to B. Even when undertaking simple tasks such as making a cup of tea, painting a wall, or changing a lightbulb.T
Their performances bring a sense of raucous, all-inclusive community fun to public spaces – connecting with our audiences in a shared celebration of the absurd.