Jacob Grunberger spends a lot of his one hour show talking about a subject as intimate and private as his phallus (the show’s title has been shortened to cut off “my d***”), and yet despite that, we still struggle to connect with the performer as he shares an unstructured and wandering narrative hurrying through themes ..read more

I just didn’t get it. When all the publicity and hype surrounding the return of Duncan Macmillan’s play, Jeremy Herrin’s direction and Denise Gough’s performance after its 2015 debut indicates this revival will bring fresh ideas and meaning to this mental health drama, the reality – which this trippy and surreal play has a hard ..read more

EastEnders star and Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis, and Casualty actor Sophie Stone, are among those cast in an upcoming four-part BBC thriller Reunion, which has begun filming in and around Sheffield this week. Penned by 2022/23 BBC Drama Room writer William Mager, the drama is described as “an emotional thriller of revenge and redemption” concerning ..read more

Deaf toddler Opal Sandy made headlines last week for reportedly being able to hear again following gene therapy, but analysis of the child’s 24-week audiology results have cast doubt on her level of hearing. Opal, from Oxfordshire, was born deaf due to auditory neuropathy, a rare genetic condition whereby nerve impulses within the inner ear ..read more

Danny Sapani, having just played an aging grump in the Almeida’s King Lear, plays another aging grump in the UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Between Riverside and Crazy. His performance as ex-cop Walter Washington – and Stephen Adly Guirgis’ character study – is far more outrageous, witty and layered than his melancholic Lear. Michael ..read more

Toilets reveal a lot about masculinity. This one’s designed with grimy detail by Ashley Martin-Davis. Transparency is required to fully interrogate the male experience and this play doesn’t hold back, with exposed penises, bare bums, and senseless ‘jokes’ from teenagers. Director James Macdonald cleverly communicates varying levels of trust and vulnerability across countless unique characters ..read more

This powerful production is striking from the outset. “I died in the bath this morning. In the bath. I’m dead now. Am I dead, Mum,” Connor Sparrowhawk (Alfie Friedman) asks. The autistic teenager, who also has epilepsy and learning disabilities, died in the care of Southern Health Trust’s Slate House unit in 2013. Laughing Boy ..read more

An 18-month-old girl from Oxfordshire, who was born deaf due to a rare genetic condition, can reportedly “hear unaided” due to a gene therapy infusion – in a scientific development which has sparked fears around the future of Deaf culture, sign languages and the Deaf community. Opal Sandy’s deafness was caused by a condition known ..read more

Deaf people watching TV and films are being left feeling excluded as a result of poor captions, a new study has found, with viewers prevented from experiencing immersive phenomena such as suspense. The project, from the University of Sheffield and design studio Paper, had Deaf participants watch captioned versions of films such as Jaws, A ..read more

The UK Government has said it provides British Sign Language (BSL) interpretations of its televised press conferences “where possible”, in a shift away from its previous position to make all statements accessible to Deaf signers “as soon as possible”. In November, this website reported that certain Downing Street press conferences will not be immediately available ..read more