"The narrative unfolds in both languages with the use of captions where necessary. The production is described as an epic modern fable of war, humanity and collective resistance'. It is set in a fictional town, Vasenka, in an unnamed country under military occupation and opens with a deaf boy, Petya, shot for disobeying orders that he was unable to hear."
"Deafness becomes a form of resistance to brutal occupation. It is a powerful refusal to submit to the occupying voice' and results in members of the community being murdered and tortured. Sign language, we are told, demands that the users take a position; they are part of the story. You cannot be a passive observer. This is a challenge to the audience who sit passively watching the horror of a war unfold on stage,"
Deaf Republic adapts poetry into a highly technical, multi-layered staging that blends puppetry, live screening, aerial performance, spoken English, British Sign Language (BSL), captions, and silence. The ensemble mixes deaf and hearing actors and unfolds bilingual narrative with captions where necessary. The story is set in a fictional, occupied town where a deaf boy, Petya, is shot and the town wakes deaf; deafness becomes collective resistance against occupation. Sign language requires active positional engagement from users and refuses passive observation. A romantic wartime love story between Alfonso and Sonya shifts into graphic, visceral violence rendered on a large screen, confronting audiences emotionally and politically.
Read at www.london-unattached.com
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