Philip Gerrard, Deaf Mimo, Nadia Nadarajah, and Gavin Lilley outside the Deaf Action's premises for the launch of Edinburgh Deaf Festival.

The first Edinburgh Deaf Festival gets underway

12/08/2022

Today sees the launch of the first ever Edinburgh Deaf Festival, with a programme of more than 100 performances over eight days. Among those at the launch were the award-winning mime artist DeafMimo, Mae Al-Kalamchi from the children’s magic show Once Upon A Raindrop and deaf comedian Gavin Lilley. They were joined by deaf actor, BSL user and Festival Ambassador …