The roots that helped Rose to bloom The roots that helped Rose to bloom

STRICTLY Come Dancing champion

Rose Ayling-Ellis has gone back to her roots to support young deaf actors wanting to follow in her footsteps

Former EastEnders star Rose has become patron of Deafinitely Youth Theatre, where she started her own acting journey imore than a decade ago

Deafinitely Theatre is the first deaf-launched and deaf-led professional theatre company in the UK, producing quality bilingual theatre in British Sign Language and spoken English Rose, 28, said: “DYT was my first experience of deaf performing arts and I loved my time there

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“It provides such as exciting opportunity to take part in drama activities, attend live theatre, meet other deaf young people and learn about getting involved in theatre ”

Artistic director Paula Garfield added: “Rose provides inspiration, hope and positivity to the deaf community, proving that deaf people can achieve big dreams ”