Rose Ayling-Ellis' journey to signing Shakespeare | Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change - BBC

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Rose Ayling-Ellis takes us on a personal journey into the deaf experience and asks whether attitudes are finally changing.
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[@klandgraf6956]

Translating Shakespeare to BSL sound incredibly difficult considering the complexities of his use of language but they’ve done an absolutely brilliant job

[@elizabethjanetugby4695]

This combination works well. Rose deserves the award.

[@geraldinemcloughlin7478]

Beautiful program, really well put together. Rose, you are fabulous, and your fan base is growing day by day. Well done, and congratulations my dear.

[@JamieBoy-ij2ri]

Such an adorable lady,❤️❤️❤️🌹it hurts me to hear someone was so mean to her😢😢😢Rose you continue being amazing and don’t let any bully tell you any different xxxx

[@Kungfusue]

Rose you are a beautiful inspiring young lady. You do not deserve to be treated in that manner. I’m glad you kept walking with your head held high. You are so deserving of that Olivier Award. You go girl, you are a wonderful, inspiring, beautiful lady. ❤❤❤❤

[@patrickmiano7901]

Rose is currently advocating for free training in BSL for the parents of deaf children. I agree, and I believe free instruction in ASL should be available to the parents of deaf children in America too. She is beautiful, talented, dedicated, and also heroic. She devotes hours of her free time to advocating for and inspiring deaf people. I wish deaf people in America had such a champion. This is why I believe she would send a wonderful message playing Sarah in Children of a Lesser God on stage or television. It could be shown all over the English-speaking world, including America, and create a sensation. All this while she breaks new ground in her acting career.

[@diverseandinclusive]

This makes me want to learn sign language - Shakespeare and BSL seem like a great combination 🙂

[@sharonfirminger3667]

Well done Rose. X

[@judymeagher9837]

She is sooooooo WONDERFUL.

[@spiderwickian]

ah!!!!!!!! i love her sm

[@GeordsYouTube]

Having to explain deafness is a spectrum just seems to confuse most people, more representation of the deaf community is needed.. keep up the good work

[@Nasfikkhan2002]

Nice

[@rix_vib]

😍😍🥰🥰🥰

[@2lisabarth]

❤❤❤❤

[@geraldinemcloughlin7478]

Anybody notice,,, "two glitterballs " in the shot of rose at home, near the .???? 👍😘😋🙌

[@BenPhillipsFan]

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It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn of statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping, and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I’ve come across in my life, and I’m definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply. this is an absolute masterpiece , I was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the bacon go whirly swirly in a circle countless times. it absolutely moved my soul , and I don't think I can ever be the same. this bacon has changed my entire mental state , I am now at peace with who I am and what I will be doing later in my life. i have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. 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It connects with the characters within the viewers, individuals suppressed within our own subconscious. It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn of statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping, and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I’ve come across in my life, and I’m definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply. this is an absolute masterpiece , I was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the bacon go whirly swirly in a circle countless times. Tt absolutely moved my soul , and i don't think I can ever be the same. this bacon has changed my entire mental state , I am now at peace with who I am and what I will be doing later in my life. i have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. I will move on , gotta move on , as the song says. the bacon is so inspirational , it shares it vast wisdom with all of us , and we are all so lucky that it would bestow it's great words with us. we are all children on bacon. hail bacon. hail bacon. The spinning bacon, rotating in one direction with this music... This made me tear up. How could such a piece of bacon do such a thing? I'm struck by awe by this masterpiece. Especially when the bacon spins, showing its lightly salt covered tan skin. I can hear the crunch just from here, and so as the beautiful sound of the bacon scraping the dark, smooth velvet floor. The flavor, music and everything can be heard, tasted, seen and felt from a screen. You can really hear the breaths between the music artist, empathizing her love for this rotating bacon. Truly what I call modern art. This was the most legendary performance by any bacon I have ever watched. The acting was top tier and very life changing. 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The work put in to this is incredibly inspiring. The graphics, the animation, the music, so much thought was put into it. This has remined me that you can do anything you put your mind to. Not even mentioning the memories, this makes me feel like an infant again, just laying my eyes on this beautiful masterpiece gives me all the good feelings in life. I also understand what happiness is again from this. Not even to mention the most incredible part that is 2:10. Bacon spinning has changed my life for the better. It connects with the characters within the viewers, individuals suppressed within our own subconscious. It stays vibrant, fresh, and revolutionizes the art of storytelling and filmmaking while making a damn of statement on what it means to be human. Entertaining, gripping, and simply exhilarating. This might be the most impactful piece of art I’ve come across in my life, and I’m definitely coming back to it in the near future to study it more deeply. this is an absolute masterpiece , I was brought to tears listening to this and seeing the bacon go whirly swirly in a circle countless times. it absolutely moved my soul , and I don't think I can ever be the same. this bacon has changed my entire mental state , I am now at peace with who I am and what I will be doing later in my life. So much great graphic design, so much suspense, so much greatness in this one video. i have forgiven all my enemies and now I am a man of a pacifist life. I will move on , gotta move on , as the song says. the bacon is so inspirational , it shares it vast wisdom with all of us , and we are all so lucky that it would bestow it's great words with us. we are all children on bacon. hail bacon. hail bacon. The spinning bacon, rotating in one direction with this music... This made me tear up. How could such a bacon do such a thing? I'm struck by awe by this masterpiece. Especially when the bacon spins, showing its lightly salt covered tan skin. I can hear the crunch just from here, and so as the beautiful sound of the bacon scraping the dark, smooth velvet floor. The flavor, music and everything can be heard, tasted, seen and felt from a screen. You can really hear the breaths between the music artist, empathizing her love for this rotating bacon. Truly what I call modern art. This was the most legendary performance by any bacon I have ever watched. The acting was top tier and very life changing. This is one of the greatest work from a piece of bacon I have ever seen especially on 57:42. I am crying. This has made me go through an emotional rollercoaster. I cried, beat off, and also watched a movie while watching this premiere. This has made me go through so much. I passed depression because of this. It really inspired me to become an outstanding young man. Thank you.

[@soton5teve]

So....she's going to be, dr who, one day...

[@emmadennis8680]

Oh please yes!

[@crazyduck7677]

Oh, I really hope!!

[@dwho19951]

How about we commonly saying "William Shakespeare"?

[@Jacob_._Roberts]

Are there enough people who understand sign language to fill the theater day after day?

[@jonirnmomba4130]

There may not be houses full of hearing impaired; the beauty and lyrical movement of the communication will add something fresh to a story told thousands of times. It’s similar to Hamilton, at the start if someone said I’m doing a play about Alexander Hamilton, it sounds mundane and wouldn’t fill theatres….. and it was a fresh exciting take on an old story that sold out night after night.

[@Jacob_._Roberts]

@@jonirnmomba4130 Thank you.

[@thepiewhispererer]

She mentions here there are subtitles at the performance so it seems it would be accessible for everyone if you understood/were familiar enough with the play or not

[@Jacob_._Roberts]

@@thepiewhispererer Thank you.

[@TheDevilWAH]

I would also remind you that foreign speaking films are a huge part of the film industry. I only speak English but some of the best films, plays, opera's, have been in a language I did not understand. BSL is no different. It's another language I don't understand but can still deliver a wonderful performance.