PERSONAL





Personal Trailer
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Artistic Director/Writer/Performer:
Jodee Mundy
Creative Team:
Jen Hector, Madeleine Flynn & Tim Humphrey, Rhian Hinkley, Sandra Fiona Long, Jo Dunbar
Auslan translation consultant:
Gavin Rose-Mundy
Director:
Merophie Carr
Producer:
Erin Milne
Created in collaboration with Jodee’s family
It wasn’t until Jodee Mundy was five years old and lost at Kmart that she realised the rest of her family was Deaf. She didn’t see ‘disability’ – only the love and protection of those closest to her.
In Personal, she conveys her experience as the only hearing person in a Deaf family, through a captivating blend of performance, storytelling, multimedia and animation. Mundy delves into the contradictions of inhabiting two worlds: living in a Deaf family, where using sign language is natural; and living in a society that sees only the family’s disability with voyeuristic curiosity.
The role children of Deaf adults play in paving the way for their family – as interpreter, authority, conduit – is central to this very intimate story. Created with a talented team of collaborators and presented in two languages via a virtual interpreter, Personal is a smart, touching and deeply personal work exploring dis/ability and how we perceive one another.
"A searching, poignant, and gently comic performance" - The Age
"Mundy is a beautiful translator, crossing back and forth between the worlds of the hearing and the hearing impaired with consummate ease." -
★★★★ Time Out
"A rewarding, compelling work that brings deaf and hearing a little closer together" - Stage Whispers
Nominated for four Green Room awards
Writing, production, direction and visual design, 2019
Nominated for Helpmann Award
Best Production in Visual or Physical performance, 2019