Her Father’s Voice
O’Reilly Theatre, Dublin 1
★★★☆☆
The actor turned playwright Shane O’Reilly is one of a number of hearing people across Ireland with deaf parents. These Codas – children of deaf adults – also include Declan Buckley, aka the drag performer Shirley Temple Bar, and the performance artist Amanda Coogan, a frequent collaborator with Dublin Theatre of the Deaf.
The children of deaf parents grow up using Irish Sign Language first and spoken English second.
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