This week Vamos ran a Listening with your Eyes workshop for Deaf Direct, an organisation who work with and for deaf and hard of hearing people in Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and surrounding areas.

All 24 staff members took part, including Chief Executive Philip Gerrard, who had seen The Best Thing on tour and realised how masks connect with deaf audiences.

The workshop looked at how we communicate without words, and without sign language, discovering a universal communication based on posture, gesture, eye contact and touch.

Rachael described the workshop as “totally practical, playful and experiential. It was brilliant to offer a different kind of training, which could explore a kind of communication that both the deaf and hearing communities can take part in.”  

Thank you to everyone at Deaf Direct, especially Charlotte Jefferies for being brave enough to choose Vamos!