SPEECHLESS

An extraordinary story of two girls struggle to find a voice...

Shared Experience and Sherman Cymru join forces to portray the extraordinary story of identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons. Refusing to speak to adults, the twins communicate in their own private language, their only relationship being their intense and turbulent bond with each other.

Inspired by the best-selling book The Silent Twins by Marjorie Wallace,, Polly Teale and Linda Brogan's powerful new play is an astonishing and moving portrayal of the secret world of a very special but ultimately destructive alliance between two sisters.

Speechless is directed and co-written by the company's joint Artistic Director, Polly Teale. Celebrated for her potent visual and imaginative style, Polly won the Evening Standard Award for Best Director for her own play After Mrs Rochester, which also won the Time Out Award for Best West End Production.

Written by Linda Brogan
Directed by Polly Teale
Based on The Silent Twins by Marjorie Wallace

It's an astounding story, and it makes for a riveting play... BRILLIANT

The Independent ›

Compelling... Gorgeously acted

The New Statesman ›

Emotionally nuanced and entirely absorbing

The Times (subscription) ›

Mesmerising... Gripping... Poignant... Thought provoking.... Wider political questions are made tangible in the most intimate forms of experience.

The Daily Telegraph ›

Heartbreaking... Astonishing... So good it will leave you tongue tied.

The Guardian ›

Surprisingly funny... intensely intimate... Superb.

Independent on Sunday ›

A pair of luminescent and unflinching performances from Natasha Gordon and Demi Oyediran

The Herald ›

This overwhelming new play by Linda Brogan and Polly Teale... Astonishing... Superb... This one has Fringe First written all over it.

Whatsonstage.com ›

Captures a huge resonating and conflicting world of Colonial history... A profoundly serious piece of theatre.

The Scotsman