Jenny Sealey MBE
A Different Romeo & Juliet
Jenny Sealey co-directed the London 2012 Paralympics Opening Ceremony alongside Bradley Hemmings (GDIF). She has been Artistic Director and CEO of Graeae since 1997 and has pioneered a new theatrical language, coining the term “Aesthetics of Access”; the creative integration of sign language and audio description within performance. BAG is honoured to have her to lead workshop session on different aspects of ‘sign language’ at ‘BHASHA’. We are also going to show her creation “A different Romeo & Juliet” the drama she created with the disabled people in Bangladesh during the festival.
The making of A different Romeo and Juliet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4ldzo-PZWI&t=15s
Trailer – A different Romeo and Juliet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RN1cofNqA