ARTICLE: Pangdemonium’s Tribes is a warm, wickedly funny drama about deafness
“British playwright Nina Raine’s critically acclaimed text, which premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2010, is a clear-eyed look at one young man’s encounter with deaf culture after living with a prickly family that has shunned it since his birth in an attempt to make their son and brother as “normal” and well-adjusted as possible. He lipreads with great precision, and he doesn’t use sign language, relying on speech instead.”
Invited to the Gala Night last Saturday, as well as to watch the show with interpretation provided for Deaf. When I watched that “explosive” scene where Thomas argued with his family, it was heart-wrenching. Really close to our hearts. Anyway, I’m very grateful to Pangdemonium for the opportunity to teach/train Thomas Pang and Ethel Yap for 5 months since January 2015. Thomas and Ethel worked very hard to present their deaf characters very exceptionally well. I must applaud them and I’m proud of them.
We encourage you all to watch this fantastic show! Now showing at Drama Centre Theatre (Level 3, Central Library) till 7 June 2015. 8pm.
~ By Lily Goh
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