If These Spasms Could Speak
- Audio Description
- Open Captioning
- ISL Interpreted
- Loop System
September 25th – 27th 2014
at Dublin Theatre Festival
Project Cube, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
We know you want to look, to stare even. It’s OK. You’re allowed…
If These Spasms Could Speak is an outstanding solo performance based on a collection of funny, sad, touching and surprising stories about disabled people and their bodies.
Created and performed by Robert Softley, it exposes a truth behind bodies that differ from the norm. His own narrative – told with wry humour, charm and sincerity – is woven through with video interviews and monologue in an engaging and highly charismatic way. It is both a challenge to society’s perceptions and desire for classifications, and a celebration of being alive.
A sell-out hit at festivals and events across the UK, If These Spasms Could Speak is a tender and uplifting theatre experience.
Contains strong language.
All performances audio described and captioned
Sign language interpreted performance: Sept 27th 2014
Presented by Dublin Theatre Festival. Supported by Arts & Disability Ireland and The British Council.
Participants at a workshop with Robert Softley while he was in Dublin with If These Spasms Could Speak at Dublin Theatre Festival 2014
Participants at a workshop with Robert Softley while he was in Dublin with If These Spasms Could Speak at Dublin Theatre Festival 2014
Watch: If These Spasms Could Speak by Robert Softley/The Arches UK at Dublin Theatre Festival 2014
Robert Softley performing in If These Spasms Could Speak at Dublin Theatre Festival 2014
Watch: If These Spasms Could Speak by Robert Softley/The Arches UK at Dublin Theatre Festival 2014
with audio description
Robert Softley performing in If These Spasms Could Speak at Dublin Theatre Festival 2013. This performance was audio described, captioned and Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpreted.
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