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Made in (India) Britain

  • Crucible Theatre 55 Norfolk Street Sheffield, England, S1 1DA United Kingdom (map)

Made in (India) Britain

Rinkoo Barpaga & Deaf Explorer

20 June | 19:30 | The Crucible Playhouse

Roo is a deaf Punjabi boy from Birmingham, living in a world that wasn't made for him. Through pain and laughter, Roo narrates the impact of ableism and racism throughout his childhood and adult life, leading him to confront one key question: "Where do I belong?"

A coming of age story about discovering your community and the journey that follows. Come and be immersed in Roo’s world as he navigates across borders and grapples with his sense of identity.

All performances will be in BSL, Spoken English and Closed Captions.

Director Tyrone Huggins
Dramaturge Daniel Bailey


About our Tickets

We offer a range of tickets for each event, to ensure that Migration Matters Festival is accessible to everyone. Our Free ticket option is an invitation to those experiencing financial hardship, seeking sanctuary, or who have limited means, to enjoy our events for free. They guarantee exactly the same access to the event.

Whichever ticket you choose, your contribution supports our artists, the running of the Festival, and our chosen charities who support migrants, refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Thank you!


Reviews

Confident and Charismatic - The Stage ★★★

Barpaga is a remarkable storyteller - FestMagazine ★★★★

Powerful Physicality - Liam O’Dell ★★★★★

Winner of Mervyn Stutter's Spirit of the Fringe Awards 2022

Winner of The Deaf Excellence Award, The Neurodiverse Review Awards.

About Rinkoo Barpaga

Rinkoo Barpaga is a new and emerging theatre maker. He is profoundly Deaf and uses BSL. He is based in the West Midlands. He is currently working for The Birmingham REP teaching Drama each week at Braidwood School for The Deaf, where Rinkoo is a role model for Young Deaf PoC. The Birmingham REP will support Rinkoo’s creative ambitions. In 2012, Rinkoo Barpaga began his journey into performance by winning a travel award to go to New York and train to be a stand up comic. In 2015 he received a grant to make a show about Stand Up Comedy called ”Am I funny” ; the life and signs of a Deaf comedian; eight sold out shows at Mac Birmingham, Wolverhampton Arena, Etcetera Theatre, and First Festival (Tristan Bates Theatre) London.

In 2017, Rinkoo Barpaga joined The REP theatre’s Foundry for new Theatre Makers in the West Midlands. They supported his Unlimited R&D Commission and Daniel Bailey, mentored Rinkoo during the making of the performance “Bubble and Butch”.

In 2018 Daniel Bailey directed Made in India and it was shown in November 2018 at Foundry’s festival of new work and in March 2019, at Sprint festival at Camden Peoples Theatre (CPT) Following his performance Rinkoo received a Seed Commission from CPT. Inspired by Without Walls “Discover” programme.

He proposed an outdoor work to Offsite - an Outdoor Arts development commission and ACE grant to make new outdoor work with Open Theatre’s Artistic Director Richard Hayhow, that is supported by Mac Birmingham and Deda Derby. He was commissioned by Creative Black Country to encourage deaf people in Sandwell to tell their lockdown story. He made eight videos for facebook telling these stories

 
  • £12 | £10 | Free

  • Door time - 19:00

    Running time - 19:30 - 20:30

    Please note this is subject to change

  • The Crucible Playhouse

    55 Norfolk Street, S1 1DA

  • 15+

    Verbal descriptions of racial discrimination and racial abuse

  • The Crucible Theatre have 6 wheelchair spaces and have accessible toilets.

    All performances will be in BSL, Spoken English and Closed Captions.

    For further information, please visit: Sheffield Theatres Accessibility Policy

  • Deaf Explorer:

    Website
    Instagram
    Twitter

    Rinkoo Barpaga:

    Instagram
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Tuesday 20th June, 2023 – 19:30

Tickets £12/£10/Free

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