DEAF REPUBLIC

Name: DEAF REPUBLIC
Start: 2025-08-29T00:00:00
End: 2025-09-13T23:59:00
Location: The Royal Court Theatre

Royal Court

Run Dates

2025.08.29 ~ 2025.09.13

The Royal Court Theatre

World Premiere

About the show

A gunshot in occupied territory. A deaf boy is killed for disobeying orders he couldn’t hear. The next day, the whole town wakes up deaf. Adapted from the poems of Ukrainian-American author Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic is an epic modern fable of war, humanity and collective resistance. World-renowned theatre company Dead Centre make their Royal Court debut, collaborating with Sign Language poet Zoë McWhinney. Told through a mix of spoken English, British Sign Language (BSL), creative captioning and silence, Deaf Republic brings together an ensemble of deaf and hearing actors, aerial performers, puppetry, live cinema and poetry.

Details

Writer & Director Bush Moukarzel Writer & Director Ben Kidd Co-Writer Zoë McWhinney Adapted from the book by Ilya Kaminsky Set Designer Jeremy Herbert Costume Designer Mae Leahy Lighting Designer Azusa Ono Video Director Grant Gee Composer & Sound Designer Kevin Gleeson Associate Sound Designer Fred DeFaye Dramaturg Lydia Gratis Dramaturg Jess Latowicki Aerial Consultant Chrissie Ardill Aerial Consultant Kat Cooley Puppetry Consultant Cillian O Donnachadha Access Consultant Flo O'Mahony Assistant Director Liam Rees Intimacy Coordinator Roisin O'Donovan Fight Choreographer Cillian O Donnachadha Production Manager Gavin Kennedy CAST Romel Belcher Caoimhe Coburn Gray Derbhle Crotty Kate Finegan Eoin Gleeson Lisa Kelly Dylan Tonge Jones production photo ©Johan Persson

Where it's been performed

The Royal Court Theatre

London

United Kingdom