Creative Arts

Boogie Booth

Performing as an integrated interpreter for Boogie Booth, an accessible dance show and workshop featuring ballet, contemporary, hiphop and jazz.

Video credit: Rosie Powell Freelance

Creative Medway Congress

Interpreting presentations and discussions at the Creative Medway Congress about sustainability in the Creative Arts sector.

Cultural

Call the Midwife set tour

Interpreting for a Call the Midwife set tour at the Chatham Dockyards, followed by a cream tea and interview with the cast members.

Folkstone Triennial

Interpreting for an outdoor art exhibition tour during the Folkestone Triennial arts festival.

Work with International Deaf Communities

Bali

A visit to Inclusiv Warung, a social impact restaurant in Canguu which provides employment for the Balinese Deaf Community.

A visit to Bengkala, a village in the north of Bali with a high rate of hereditary deafness where everyone can sign. Meeting the pupils at the deaf school, seeing the weaving shop which employs deaf villagers, and visiting the home of a multi-generational deaf family.

Nepal

Interpreting during a three day trek in the Himalayan mountains.

A Sign Language exchange class at a Nepalese Deaf School.

Interpreting for a mixed group of Deaf and hearing people during a two week trip to Nepal.

Leading games and activities with the children at a Deaf school in Nepal, using International Sign Language.

Volunteering my time and skills for a month working with Deaf Communities in developing countries. Interpreting for a group of Deaf and hearing volunteers doing renovation work at a Deaf School, activities with the Deaf children, and group trekking and sightseeing.

Using a versatile interpreting approach when working with a tour group of mixed signing styles and regional variations from around the UK, and adapting to International Sign Language and Nepali Sign Language to communicate with the local people in Nepal.

Thailand

Sign Language exchange with Thai deaf children.

Exchanging fingerspelling alphabets with children at Sotpattana School for the Deaf.

Visit to Sotpattana School for the Deaf in Thailand

Volunteering my time and skills to build bridges with the Deaf Community in Thailand, including a visit to the National Association of the Deaf in Thailand.

Interpreting between the President of the National Association of the Deaf in Thailand and the Director of Voluntears using International Sign Language.