5/24/2023 0 Comments Free styles asl![]() That’s because Hawkins, who comes from the Polish burg of Lodz, is deaf. Kreon, played by Joanna Hawkins, joins in the duet, singing along without making any sound. “It’s every actor’s dream to be in a production like this,” says Sarah Luby, the Winnipeg actor who appears in the titular role, wearing her costume of combat boots, knee-length jean shorts and a bejewelled denim vest.ĭuring a media call, with news cameras rolling, Antigone is singing, while her evil uncle Kreon struts nearby. ![]() The production, mounted by Sick + Twisted Theatre, is an experiment in translation, ability and expectation - a modern disco-rock opera performed in English and American Sign Language, brought to life by a cast of deaf, blind, disabled and non-disabled artists, with a soundtrack by local band the Mariachi Ghost. ![]() Since then, Antigone - a story of a woman asserting her independence in a world where that could mean death - has been performed thousands upon thousands of times.īut it has never been done like the version premièring at Théâtre Cercle Molière Thursday night.
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