Rinkoo Barpaga
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Rinkoo Barpaga is a British stand-up comedian, performer and documentary artist. He is Deaf and a British Sign Language user.
Activity
Barpaga was born in Birmingham to a hearing family. His family is originally from Punjab, India.[1]
He began his career as an on-screen presenter for ITV in 2003, before working for MTV, Channel 4, Discovery and other TV channels, translating up to 4 hours a week from English to Sign Language.
He then studied comedy in New York in 2012 thanks to a project set up by Deaf Explorer and debuted at Gotham Comedy Club in 2013. Once back in the UK, he received a grant by the Arts Council England to develop and tour his own first show, "Am I funny?".[2] Barpaga performs comedy in BSL, and he uses an interpreter to provide the voice over for the hearing audience.[3]
Barpaga is a keen photographer and videomaker. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with the documentary film "Double Discrimination", which tackles the issue of racial discrimination within the deaf community.[4] The documentary won the ‘Disability Justice Award’ at Superfest International Disability Film Festival in the USA (2016). He produced the short "Bubble and Butch" for Unlimited (2017).[5]
In 2018, Barpaga was part of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s artist development course, 'The Foundry', and developed his next production, "Made In (India)Britain" during this residency.[6]
Barpaga has also acted as a BSL consultant on a number of movie sets, exhibitions, art installations and performances, specialising in urban sign language.[7]
He is a patron to the Midlands Deaf charity Action Deafness.[8]
Rinkoo Barpaga in the media
References
- ↑ "Meet: Rinkoo Barpaga, Britain's next Deaf stand-up comedian!". The Limping Chicken.
- ↑ "Can deaf comedy be funny for everyone?". BBC.
- ↑ "Rinkoo Barpaga talks Stand Up, Sign Language & being Deaf". Desiblitz.
- ↑ "Double Discrimination". BSL Zone.
- ↑ "Rinkoo Barpaga – Bubble and Butch". Unlimited.
- ↑ "Deaf Explorer". Deaf Explorer.
- ↑ "Slanguages exhibition". University of Oxford.
- ↑ "Meet our new patron".
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