Park Theatre, London
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Age Restrictions: Age guidance 14+
Tickets from £19.00
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The war on sign language began as a war on love.
In 1816, Deaf pioneer Laurent Clerc arrives in America from France: ambitious, brilliant and determined to prove that he can stand as an equal in a hearing world.
Together with the young Reverend Thomas Gallaudet, Clerc sets out to build something extraordinary: a school where Deaf children can learn, communicate and imagine a future beyond isolation. But when Clerc falls in love and announces his intention to marry a Deaf woman, the life he has built is thrown into crisis.
The school’s future is at stake. Clerc must choose between the institution he has devoted his life to and the future he has begun to imagine for himself.
Inspired by the life of ‘The Father of the Deaf’ Laurent Clerc, The Quiet Revolution of Laurent Clerc is a ferocious and funny exploration of love, ambition and the roots of sign language – and a story about the choices we make when the life we want comes at a cost.
Performed through spectacular visual language, four modalities of sign language, spoken English, French and creative captions, this unique play brings Deaf history vividly to life while asking profoundly universal questions about identity, belonging, love and the price of change.
Park Theatre
Park Theatre
Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park
London
N4 3JP
Park Theatre is the brainchild of Artistic Director, Jez Bond, and Creative Director, Melli Bond, who – following a six year London-wide search for a building – discovered a vacant office block next to Finsbury Park station in 2010. Garnering support from the theatre community at large – including luminaries such as Ian McKellen and Alan Rickman, the press and, importantly, local residents – they set out to raise the necessary funds to convert the tired concrete building into a thriving new theatre and beacon for the community. At a cost of just £2.6 million, the building, designed by David Hughes Architects, opened in May 2013 to rave reviews from the critics.
Nearest Tube station is Finsbury Park (Station Place Exit). Exit left out of Station Place then left and under the bridge. Then second left onto Morris Place, Park Theatre is at the end.
Travel by train: Old Street, Moorgate. Nearest tube: Kings Cross
