Love's Labour's Lost - in BSL

    First things first. The Globe Theatre is phenomenal. Sam Wanamaker and his colleagues deserve medals for the beauty of the recreated theatre, and it really resonated with me. I'm a great Shakespeare fan, and to see a play of his performed in a venue that had been resurrected out of the ashes of ... well, I think it was a car park before.

    I'll tell you something else as well. Shakespeare could have been written for BSL.

    Perhaps a bit of background is in order? The Globe is running a series of all of Shakepeare's plays in a season called Globe to Globe (http://globetoglobe.shakespearesglobe.com/), and one of the plays - Love's Labour's Lost (LLL) - was performed over two days in British Sign Language.

    I'd not seen LLL before - spoken or signed - and, to be fair, I've never seen anything in pure, unadulterated Sign. Until now - and what a great pleasure it was.

    I'm a huge Shakespeare fan, and it was a great privilege to see a live Shakespeare play at the Globe, where Shakespeare himself once performed (although, granted, I would imagine the surroundings were quite different back in his day!).

    Love's Labour's Lost was performed by the Deafinitely Theatre, and I was incredibly impressed. The acting was top-notch - and Shakespeare's humour, which shines through in the play, was really brought to life by this team of actors. I find it difficult to pick any one actor out - as they were all particularly awesome. They seemed to really gel together, and that made the show far, far better as a result.

    Paula Garfield, the show's director, did a phenomenal job in creating such a visually-appealing show, and I was genuinely in awe at the depth of the emotions and feelings that were presented. In addition, I was thrilled to be able to see a show in pure Sign - and I was honoured to mix with so many Deaf people and witness a show in their own language.

    Deafintely Theatre are taking Love Labour's Lost on a national tour - I strongly suggest you take a look at their website (http://www.deafinitelytheatre.co.uk/index.php?plid=108) and see where they are. It 's WELL worth going to see.