Wayne McGregor: Infinite Bodies - BSL Interpreted Curator’s Introduction

This event is for Deaf BSL using community and their friends and families. This event will be interpreted by Jacqui Beckford.

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Bio

Jacqui Beckford is a British Sign Language interpreter with over 25 years’ experience interpreting in theatre as well as extensive work in TV broadcast, film, medical, mental health and legal interpretation. Jacqui has toured nationally as both an interpreter and performer in theatre and can be seen interpreting on stage at events such as Extraordinary Bodies or broadcast interpreting for BBC News 24.

Jacqui’s credits are too many to mention but notably she has interpreted for international personalities including former First Lady Michelle Obama and political activist Angela Davis. Jacqui also works with a number of organisations and campaigns. She is a member of The National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind people and the Association of Sign Language Interpreters and Equity. Jacqui is on the Board of Directors for the Interpreters of Colour Network (IOCN) an organisation addressing the underrepresentation of people of colour in the sign language interpreting and translation (SLI) profession.

Jacqui is recipient of the ASLI Ben Steiner award 2021 “for outstanding, positive and consistent contributions and achievements towards the development of sign language interpreting over a number of years” and the Alfred Fagon Award for Black Champions of Theatre 2021.

Header image: Wayne McGregor: ON THE OTHER EARTH, Company Wayne McGregor (Jasiah Marshall) 2025, Photo credit Ravi Deepres and Luke Unsworth