Marginalising the mainstream : a signed performance of The Miracle Worker places deaf issues centre-stage
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2010
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William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker was staged at the Brisbane Powerhouse June 2009 by Crossbow Productions. In this adaption, people with hearing impairment were privileged through the use of shadow-signing, unscripted signing and the appropriation of signing as a theatrical language in itself. 250 people living with hearing impairment attended the production, 70 had never attended a theatrical event before. During the post-performance discussions hearing audience members expressed feelings of displacement through experiencing the culture of the deaf society and not grasping some of the ideas. This paper argues that this inversion enhanced meaning making for all and illustrates a way forward to encourage the signing of more theatrical events. |
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M/C Journal |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/37314/1/c37314.pdf http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/265 Heim, Caroline Louise & Heim, Christian (2010) Marginalising the mainstream : a signed performance of The Miracle Worker places deaf issues centre-stage. M/C Journal, 13(3), pp. 1-2. |
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Copyright 2010 the authors. |
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Drama; Creative Industries Faculty; Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation |
Palavras-Chave | #190404 Drama Theatre and Performance Studies #200100 COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES #200200 CULTURAL STUDIES #Communication #Deaf Issues #"The Miracle Worker" #Theatre #Post-performance discussions |
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Journal Article |