Speechless
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The true-life drama of the extraordinary bond between two identical twin girls and their struggle to find a voice.
Refusing to speak to adults, identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons communicate in their own private language, their only relationship being their intense and turbulent bond with each other.
Inspired by Marjorie Wallace's bestselling book The Silent Twins, Polly Teale and Linda Brogan's powerful play is an astonishing and moving portrayal of the secret world of a very special but ultimately destructive alliance between two sisters.
Speechless was first performed by Shared Experience and Sherman Theatre Cymru at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 2010. It was the winner of an Edinburgh Fringe First Award.
Linda Brogan is an award-winning playwright. She has been writer-in-residence at the National Theatre, Contact Theatre, and the Whitworth Art Gallery. Linda won the 2001 Alfred Fagon Award for her play The Well (Contact Theatre).
Her other plays include: Speechless (Edinburgh Fringe First Award, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh); Black Crows (Contact Theatre); Ghost Town (Clean Break); and Basil and Beattie (Royal Exchange/Liverpool Everyman).
Polly Teale is Artistic Director of Shared Experience. Her plays include Mermaid (based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen), Mine, Speechless, After Mrs Rochester (winner of Time Out and Evening Standard Awards), Brontë, and an acclaimed adaptation of Jane Eyre.