Two tribes go to war at DTF and the result is truly sublime
Tribes is that rarest of beasts, a play driven by sophisticated ideas that also hits home on a gut emotional level
Tribes
By Nina Raine
The Gate Theatre, Dublin
Runs until November 11
Rating:*****
How can you feel a feeling unless you have the word for it?” asks Christopher (Nick Dunning), the bohemian patriarch in Nina Raine’s riveting family drama Tribes. According to this logic, he sees no point in learning sign language for the benefit of his deaf child Billy (Alex Nowak) because it is nothing but “broken English”. Instead, the young man ...