[seagull]

You will not be shocked to hear that Flemish company Olympique Dramatique’s show [seagull] is in fact a version of Chekhov’s immortal The Seagull. What marks this one out as different is the fact that director Stijn Van Opstal’s production is performed in Flemish Sign Language by a cast of deaf and hearing performers of mixed ability, the idea being that this reflects the dysfunctional communications of Arkadina, Konstantin et al as they languish away in the country. It is naturally performed with (creative!) surtitles.