Tribes is a poignant yet biting drama about love, family and finding one’s voice. Read more …
Billy is a young man born deaf and raised in a loud, opinionated family and yet his parents and siblings never bothered to learn sign language, meaning Billy had to adapt to a hearing world.
When he meets Sylvia, a young woman from a deaf family who introduces him to Deaf culture, Billy suddenly feels confidence and a sense of belonging to a ‘tribe’ he’s never known before.
This is a lovingly portrayed poem to destroying the ones who care the most and how the simplest words can be misinterpreted – either wilfully or unintentionally.
This beautifully crafted play.
Well acted, combining speech and BSL effectively, and with an intelligent use of subtitles and projected images, it is an often cleverly written, occasionally moving, but frustratingly uneven piece of theatre.
On Tour, from Thursday September 17, 2015, until Thursday October 22, 2015.