Fun and laughter in imaginative deaf, mime show

Be prepared for some fun and laughter, at City, Country and Sheep, a mime show in the city this week.

The show, from Manawatu Deaf Drama Group Madedra, is at the Globe Theatre on Friday and Saturday.

It’s an imaginative work created by the seven actors in the group, Ann Croy, Dorothy and Lindsay Jones, Les Rose, Rebecca Harris, Annette Scott and Sheryl Allison.

Setting, props, costumes and make-up are all the work of other members of Madedra and the director is Rolando Olmedo, tutor at the Community Art and Culture Centre in Campbell Street.

Rolando says deaf people are the best mimers in the world.

“It’s so natural because their culture/language is mime,” he says.

The idea for the drama began with Lindsay Jones recalling a childhood incident — falling into a wool press. The mime snowballed from there with regular weekly workshops and rehearsals.

City, Country and Sheep will show the deaf actors’ skills and the power of non-verbal communication, Lindsay says.

Billed as family entertainment, the mime starts at 7.30pm, May 14 and 15 and tickets are $8 (children, $5 or under 10, free).