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iPhoto caption: Jo-Ann Bryan performs in Speaking Vibrations.

Speaking Vibrations: In Conversation with Jo-Ann Bryan and Carmelle Cachero

If you go to a theatre, your aim is to take in, and enjoy what you’re watching, signed Bryan. It needs to be accessible for all of that.

By Jessica Watson / Jun 6, 2022

The Importance of Intersectionality in Theatre and Beyond

If we can understand the world in terms of intersectionality, can we not achieve great things through that lens, as opposed to thinking, we have to be inclusive – because inclusive of what and for whom?

Interview by Jessica Watson, Video by Jill Harper / May 28, 2021

Ravi Jain Chats with Dawn Jani Birley

Watch actor Dawn Jani Birley talk to director Ravi Jain about being a Deaf actor, translating Shakespeare into poetic ASL, and why she left Canada for Finland.

Video by Jill Harper / Apr 19, 2017
iPhoto caption: Ultrasound. Photography by Michael Cooper

The Undiscovered Country of Deafness

Deafness is almost like a country. There are no borders or land but it’s a place that a lot of people inhabit. We have a different language, a different culture, different rules.

By Ieva Lucs / May 9, 2016