A theatre production featuring actors who are hearing impaired to be staged in Thiruvananthapuram

Want to be part of a novel theatre experience where silence speaks volumes? Oru Kalankitha Kudumba Satkaram (A Tainted Family Reception), a production by theatre practitioner Anjana Shajahan, is unique because the actors are hearing-impaired students of the National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) in Thiruvananthapuram.

Anjana, who is pursuing the Diploma in Indian Sign Language Interpretation (DISLI) course at NISH, has scripted and directed the play, which will be staged on September 25. There are 18 actors in the production, of which 12 are hearing impaired. Remaining six [including Anjana] are DISLI students, of which four are actors and they can hear; the other two work behind the scenes.