Deaf Republic
Winner of the Grand Prize, Japan Association of Lighting Engineers & Designers Award, with the accompanying MEXT Minister’s Award in 2026. Official award listing (JP) ↗
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Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court
Dead Centre, Royal Court, Complicité,
Dublin Theatre Festival
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Ilya Kaminsky
Dead Centre, Zoë McWhinney
Ben Kidd, Bush Moukarzel
Jeremy Herbert
Mae Leahy
Kevin Gleeson
Azusa Ono
Grant Gee
Cast: Derbhle Crotty, Lisa Kelly, Romel Belcher, Caoimhe Coburn Gray, Kate Finegan, Eoin Gleeson, Dylan Tonge
Photography:
Johan Persson
Independent
★★★★
‘Visually Sumptuous’
The Stage
★★★★
‘Dreamlike… Azusa Ono lights the space in delicate shades... while hot orange flashes at the stage’s edges suggest distant air strikes.’
Time Out
★★★★
‘Gorgeous and primal... beautiful and disorientating’
North West End UK
★★★★★
‘Azusa Ono’s lighting design… are all world-class and cohere wonderfully.’
The Spy in the Stalls
★★★★★
‘Lighting design (Azusa Ono)… complement the tone perfectly.’
LondonTheatre1
★★★★
‘A visually impressive and marvellously unsettling production.’
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