Everyday at Northern Stage

Four women come together to perform a ritual of community and catharsis. Gathering up true stories of deaf womens experiences of surviving abuse, they form a witches coven like no other with a cauldron of newts eyes and butterflies, deep scars and blazing signs.A visually-rich, playful and pulsatingly urgent world premiere from multi-award-winners Deafinitely Theatre (4.48 Psychosis and Contractions), combining British Sign Language and English in the companys unique bilingual style. Drawing on interviews with women exploring domestic abuse in the deaf community, this is a defiant and empowering new work from nationally-acclaimed director Paula Garfield, marking the companys 20th anniversary.

Authors

• Rachel Crothers