Deaf Republic

By Dead Centre & Zoe McWhinney

Royal Court Theatre, London: 29th August – 13th of September 2025

Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin Theatre Festival: 2nd -5th of October

A gunshot in occupied territory. A deaf boy is killed for disobeying orders he couldn’t hear. The next day, the whole town wakes up deaf.  

Adapted from the poems of Ukrainian-American author Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic is an epic modern fable of war, humanity and collective resistance.  

Told through a mix of spoken English, British Sign Language (BSL), creative captioning and silence, Deaf Republic brings together an ensemble of deaf and hearing actors, aerial performers, puppetry, live cinema and poetry.

CONSTRICTION

By Mai Ishikawa

Dublin Fringe Festival 2025.

A Japanese bullet train. A woman. And a baby hatch.  

Inside the train, we hear two voices talking about a woman who headed West to give up her baby. Sometimes serious, sometimes playful, they discuss the implications. But the more they talk, it seems, the less there is to say. And who are they, really?  This experimental work is a surreal exploration of motherhood and identity, using sound and movement to explore the pain of facing reality. 

Voice Actors: Kate Finegan, Fiona Breen, Mai Ishikawa

GAMMY

Written by Kate Finegan.

Directed by Laura Sheeran, Performed by Eimear Keating, Script Dramaturg Wayne Jordan.

Project Arts Centre, Cairde Arts Festival Sligo, Galway Theatre Festival 2024.

Supported by The Arts Council, Project Award.