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Deaf Republic review " a town under military occupation falls defiantly silent by David Jays

Royal Court theatre, LondonUkrainian-born Ilya Kaminsky's book-length poem is a potent theatrical force of many moving parts " signing, speech, surtitles, even a drone hovering over the audience A town under military occupation refuses to buckle under. After a young deaf boy is shot while watching a puppet show, the citizens of Vasenka fall deaf themselves: refusing to speak, respond, even to hear military orders. Th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PM on September 5, 2025

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