Forbidden Identity

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Three performers in colour trousers and t-shirts perform a hip hop dance in a town centre. One dancer is doing a back flip

Image © Graeme Braidwood

Forbidden Identity

By Billy Read, Produced by Deaf Explorer

Mansfield Market Place

11am & 2.30pm (lasts 20 mins)

Non-Verbal Performance

Audio Described and BSL Interpreted

Wheelchair Accessible

This show will be live streamed from Mansfield Market Place to First Art’s Facebook page and YouTube channel

Forbidden Identity explores the personal struggle of a Deaf child growing up in a hearing world, denied access to British Sign Language and a Deaf community.

Using street dance, tutting, mime, and sign language, Billy Read collaborated with Deaf dancers Ariel Fung and Ben Randall to create the piece, with narrative support and mentorship from Deaf Theatre maker, Brian Duffy and directed by Johnny Autin (Autin Dance Theatre).

Commissioned by Appetite Stoke and funded by Arts Council England and Deaf Explorer.

An Easy Read Guide is available - click here to download