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Also known as '''FTH:K''', this is a theatre and education company set up to that develop Deaf and hearing performer-creators. It has Deaf schools programmes, an Integrated Deaf/Hearing Professional Development Programme, and ddoes professional theatre productions through its Deaf / hearing visual theatre company. It ultimately aims to establish the country’s first Deaf and hearing physical performance training centre in Cape Town. Its productions include the Deaf/ Hearing production ''[[Gumbo]]'' (2006) and their first all-Deaf show ''[[Ek Roep Vir Jou Vanaand]]'' (2009, ). It prepares deaf and hearing learners for entrance into both the professional industry and the company itself through the ground-breaking "Tell-Tale Signs Project" which includes schools training programmes as well as programmes that are designed to facilitate the integration of deaf learners into the South African performing arts, Awarded the [[ACT]] Cultural Development Project Award for 2005.  
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Also known as '''[[FTH:K]]''', this is a theatre and education company set up in 2005 to that develop Deaf and hearing performer-creators, and to facilitate the integration of deaf learners into the South African performing arts. Among those involved are [[Jayne Batzofin]] and [[Ana Lemmer]]
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Without a dependency on any one language, its work crosses over cultural and linguistic divides and calls on audiences to "Listen With Your Eyes" and the performing company has toured all over South Africa, Germany, Argentina and in the USA, reaching more than 70 000 people in nine years.
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The company has won multiple awards for this work,m including including the [[ACT]] Cultural Development Project Award for 2005 and the 2011 [[Fleur du Cap]] award for Innovation in Theatre.  
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== Performances ==
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[[FTH:K]] productions include the Deaf/ Hearing production ''[[Gumbo]]'' (2006)''[[Ek Roep Vir Jou Vanaand]]'' (their first all-Deaf show, 2009), [[OfficeBLOCK]],  [[Pictures of You]], ''[[Benchmarks]]'' (in association with a conspiracy of clowns), , ''[[QUACK!]]'', ''[[Womb Tide]]'', ''[[What Goes UP…]]'' (2015).
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== Sources ==
 
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http://www.fthk.co.za
 
http://www.fthk.co.za
  
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Artslink.co.za <news0415@artslink.co.za>
  
 
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Revision as of 17:14, 5 May 2015

Also known as FTH:K, this is a theatre and education company set up in 2005 to that develop Deaf and hearing performer-creators, and to facilitate the integration of deaf learners into the South African performing arts. Among those involved are Jayne Batzofin and Ana Lemmer

Without a dependency on any one language, its work crosses over cultural and linguistic divides and calls on audiences to "Listen With Your Eyes" and the performing company has toured all over South Africa, Germany, Argentina and in the USA, reaching more than 70 000 people in nine years.

The company has won multiple awards for this work,m including including the ACT Cultural Development Project Award for 2005 and the 2011 Fleur du Cap award for Innovation in Theatre.

Performances

FTH:K productions include the Deaf/ Hearing production Gumbo (2006)Ek Roep Vir Jou Vanaand (their first all-Deaf show, 2009), OfficeBLOCK, Pictures of You, Benchmarks (in association with a conspiracy of clowns), , QUACK!, Womb Tide, What Goes UP… (2015).



Sources

http://www.fthk.co.za

Artslink.co.za <news0415@artslink.co.za>

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