Getting to Know Sophie Stone: Recent Episodes
Emily Coaker
In-depth conversational interviews with deaf actor Sophie Stone & her son Phoenix looking into deaf culture, deaf awareness, equal access, and issues the deaf community face with accessibility
in this last episode of Getting to Know Sophie Stone, Emily Coaker exposes how the UK Government failed to provide sign language interpreters to protect the whole of the population.
In this episode, I spoke to Sophie's son Phoenix on his experiences with access issues as Sophies' son and an Instagram influencer.
Sophie talks about the lack of training opportunities available for deaf actors and the training she received at RADA, becoming the first deaf actor to graduate from the establishment in 2008
Sophie talks about the government scheme Access to Work and struggles she has faced as a deaf actor
Sophie talks us through growing up in East London and moving to boarding school where her interest for drama sparked.