David Bower on Tom Waits

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Actor David Bower explores his fascination with American singer-songwriter Tom Waits's music and tells us about the way it has influenced his ‘way of being’ as a deaf artist. In this series, artists, writers and thinkers tell us about the ways they have been shaped by their ‘ways of being’, their individual bodies – what freedoms they allow, and their sensitivities or limits. They also explore how their work has been shaped and informed by the body, its freedoms and limits. And as many creative people have discovered - limits can lead to originality, and freedoms can offer ‘more of the same’. David is the second of our essayists, who each let us into their particular 'way of being' via their relationship with a cultural touchstone (whether it’s a poem, a singer, a television series, or a story from the Bible). Each tells us about something that has enriched their own creativity, and brought them closer appreciating their own way of being. David Bower David is an award-winning actor and the co-founder of a groundbreaking international theatre company called 'The Signdance Collective'. His films have been screened across the globe, and he has been acclaimed for his radio drama performances. He also played Hugh Grant's brother in 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' directed by Mike Newell and written by Richard Curtis. Producer: Faith Lawrence