Zoë McWhinney
Actor
Graduate of 'Visual Theatre in French Sign Language' by École de Théâtre Universelle in 2020. She was Aislin/David in 2022 Everyday tour by Deafinitely Theatre.
She also acted as Charmaine in the Globe's 2014 production of Antony and Cleopatra. Other appearances at the Globe includes A Night in Sign at Sam Wanamaker Theatre. She worked on Julius Caesar as a co-director (2023).
Other Theatre: Raymond Antrobus' Can Bears Ski (2024 theatrical adaptation); Margie in Lilies on the Land (2022); title role in Polka Theatre's adaptation of Red Riding Hood, Red (Polka Theatre, 2020) and the LA Philharmonic production of Fidelio with Deaf West at the Barbican Centre (June 2024).
On Screen: lead role of Loane in the award-winning short film Le Chéri Parfait (Illumination Studios 2020) and as Liz in the BSL Zone's hit Deaf sitcom Small World
Further Theatre credits include: Princess Rose in CAST Theatre's Sleeping Beauty pantomime (December 2022), Iconoclast at Stanley Arts with Zoo&Co (2022), 48% in Torshovteatret, Norway (2020), Fisherman's Friend at the MAC, Belfast (MArch 2024)
Alongside theatre, as a BSL poet, Visual Vernacular performer and writer, she also is runner-up BSL poet laureate for 2023-2024 and again for 2025-2026, nominated for Forward Poetry Prize in Performance category for her "the portrait and the skylight" and consulted for the RSC on BSL. She wrote for Dead Centre's stage adaptation of Ilya Kaminsky's Deaf Republic shown at the Royal Court and Dublin Theatre Festival.
What's On
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Thu 6 Nov19:45BSL, CAPTheatre 2
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Fri 7 Nov19:45BSL, CAPTheatre 2
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Sat 8 Nov19:45BSL, CAPTheatre 2
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