Clowning Around

Clowning Around

They are all members of Palmerston North-based Madedra (Manawatu Deaf Drama Group). Chilean-born drama tutor, Rolmedo Olmedo reckons he has found in them some of the best mime actors he has ever worked with. “They are so natural,” he says.

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Annette Hansen (Scott)

Annette Hansen (Scott)

Dorothy Jones (Beck)

Dorothy Jones (Beck)

Erina Carroll (Haronga)

Erina Carroll (Haronga)

Lindsay Jones

Peter Barker

Taonga source:

The Dominion

Reference number:

SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1991-015

Bibliographic source:

August 23, 1991, p.1

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