Grounded

By George Brant

Directed by Paula Garfield 

An unexpected pregnancy ends an ace fighter pilot’s career in the sky. Reassigned to operate military drones from a windowless trailer outside Las Vegas, she hunts terrorists by day and returns to her family each night. As the pressure to track a high-profile target mounts, the boundaries begin to blur between the desert in which she lives and the one she patrols half a world away.

Grounded is an award winning play and was named a top 10 London play in 2013 by the Guardian and London Evening Standard.

Originally a one-woman show, Deafinitely Theatre's production will use two actors to creatively combine British Sign Language, visual storytelling and the spoken word.

"Deafinitely Theatre, a company that incorporates English and British Sign Language into every production, giving both equal aesthetic weight, makes Brant’s play seem new-minted in a production by Paula Garfield."
★ ★ ★ ★ The Guardian

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"...thought provoking and rewarding." 
★ ★ ★ ★WhatsOnStage 

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"Grounded  is incredibly powerful and intelligent"
★ ★ ★ ★ The Stage

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"Grounded is one riveting ride that doesn't disappoint and doesn't plummet"
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Upcoming

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"This is a well written play performed in an interesting way. It kept me thinking long after I’d left the theatre"
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ West End Wilma 

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"Grounded is thought-provoking and I recommend you go along and see it"
Limping Chicken

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Cast

The Pilot - Nadia Nadarajah

The Pilot - Charmaine Wombwell

Creatives

Director - Paula Garfield

Set & Costume Designer - Paul Burgess

Lighting Designer - Jack Knowles

Sound Designer - Chris Bartholomew

Choreographer - Ramesh Meyyappan