Sign language innovation at the Abbey
This Saturday, 28 November at 2.30pm, Mark O’Rowe’s award winning play, Terminus, will be presented in Irish sign language by three individual interpreters.
Vanessa O’Connell will present the character ‘A’ (played by Andrea Irvine), Amanda Coogan ‘B’ (Kate Brennan), and Darren Byrne will interpret Karl Shiels as ‘C’ in this exhilarating production.
This style of one-on-one character interpretation is a first at the Abbey Theatre. It represents an exciting development in the sign language interpretation of theatre and performance, allowing the interpreters to be true to the actors onstage as well as to the words of the playwright.
Certainly O’Rowe, who has also written screenplays for the hit Irish films Intermission and Boy A, has a unique and vivid manner of storytelling that lends itself perfectly to this format. His gripping tale of singing serial killers, avenging angels and lovesick demons promises to leave audiences clinging to the edge of their seats.
In 2010 the Abbey Theatre will celebrate 10 years of Irish sign language on stage, an exciting milestone in the fight for recognition of ISL.
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