⭐ THE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER – CAST ANNOUNCED FOR NEW BSL-INTEGRATED MUSICAL ⭐
The cast has been announced for the exciting new family musical, The Princess and the Pauper.
Leading this fully BSL-integrated production will be Rhiannon Jones (Silent Witness, BBC) as Tess Canty and Hannah Brownlie (The Offenders, Amazon) as Bess Tudor. They will be joined by David King Yombo (The Visit, National Theatre), Alex Scott Fairley (Blood Brothers, West End and UK tour) and Julie Wood (Radio Sea Breeze, TV).
Tess Canty and Elizabeth Tudor may look alike, but their lives could hardly be more different. Elizabeth is Princess and heir to the throne; Tess is a miserable pauper. That is, until one day fate intervenes. For a while, each must see how the other lives.
This exciting new production enhances the magic and musicality of the story with British Sign Language and incorporates deaf* and hearing actors, BSL-inspired choreography and sign song. Suitable for the whole family, this is an entertaining and rollicking tale of mistaken identities.
In-keeping with the story which interrogates a society plagued by inequities, Hordern Ciani, the production company, has worked to create an equal experience through the production. By gender swapping the title roles and by including a deaf actress among the small cast of five, the company has created more equality on stage. The inclusion of an integrated interpreter and the choreographing of all songs with sign song has created an equal experience for deaf and hearing audiences.
The Princess and the Pauper will play the Mowlem Theatre in Swanage, running from 17th – 28th August 2021.
*The company uses the term deaf to include individuals with all levels of deafness.
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