Back in the middle eighties when I was the house entertainer in Ireland's Own in Alexandria, VA, we had a show each March just before St. Patrick's day for the deaf students and some faculty members from Gallaudet University in D.C. A lovely lady would come on stage and sign the whole show all night for the deaf people. My jokes, patter, songs, bits, choruses, she did them all. And it's a weird sensation to tell a joke and hear the laughter of the hearing members of the crowd, and then about 20 seconds later to hear the laughter of the deaf folks for whom it has been signed. It took me a while but I had to learn to wait for both bursts of laughter to subside before moving on to the next thing. Extremely gratifying as a performer though.

All the best.

Seamus