The touring production of Mike Bartlett’s play will open at the Birmingham Rep on the 12th September, before travelling to HOME Manchester from 24 to 26 September and conclude its run at Park90 at Park Theatre from 30 September to 24 October.
Rehearsal images have now been released for the upcoming UK tour of Mike Bartlett’s play ‘Bull’, opening next month.
Presented by Deafinitely Theatre and directed by Deafinitely Theatre’s Artistic Director Paula Garfield MBE, the cast is formed of: Danny Lee (Tony), Ciaran O’Breen (Thomas), David Sands (Carter) and Jasmine Whipps (Isobel). It is a co-production between Birmingham Rep and Park Theatre and will be presented entirely in British Sign Language and creative captions.
Who gets to stay?
Who is pushed out?
And who decides?
Four colleagues sit in a meeting room.
Jobs are on the line.
The rules are unspoken, but everyone knows them.
Bull is a strained and unsettling examination of workplace bullying, power and survival. As pressure builds, alliances shift and cruelty surfaces, exposing a system where fear thrives and empathy disappears.
Sharp, darkly funny and deeply uncomfortable, Bull lays bare the human cost of a working culture shaped by competition, hierarchy and silence. How far will people go to protect themselves?
This is Deafinitely Theatre’s second adaptation of a play by Mike Bartlett, following the Off West End Award-winning, critically acclaimed and sold-out production of Contractions in 2017.
The creative team behind Bull includes: Paul Burgess (Set, Costume & Video Designer), Jessie Addinall (Lighting Designer) Eleanor Isherwood (Sound Designer & Composer) and Ben Glover (AV Designer) and Raffie Julien (Associate Director).
Talking about the production, Deafinitely Theatre’s Artistic Director, Paula Garfield said, “I’m incredibly excited to bring Bull to the stage with a brilliant cast of deaf actors who bring real talent and creative input to this production. Performed entirely in British Sign Language, with no spoken dialogue, it offers a fresh perspective on Mike Bartlett’s powerful play, with creative captions for all.
“Too often, people assume deaf people are always supportive and kind to one another, but we’re human like everyone else. Bull explores ambition, power and bullying in a deaf workplace, showing how far people will go to succeed. I hope audiences leave challenged, moved, and with a deeper appreciation of the power, beauty and humanity of British Sign Language on stage.”
To find out more visit: https://www.deafinitelytheatre.co.uk/Event/bull