Words Apart : An Odd Socks Performance

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. It 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. who found signing "a beautiful expressive language". “

Words Apart strives to portray Deaf culture not as a disability, but as a difference that can be celebrated, included and equal. It was shown at BATS Theatre during New Zealand Fringe Festival in February and will be showing again on 8th May during New Zealand Sign Language Week.

Starring: Darryl Alexander, Samantha Vause, Jared Flitcroft, Nicola Clements and Asher Smith.

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