STAGETEXT Captioners

Lynn Jackson

Lynn has worked with deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people for over 20 years. She captioned the first STAGETEXT captioned performance, The Duchess of Malfi, at the Barbican Theatre in November 2000. She is an examiner for the professional qualification, the STAGETEXT Certificate for Theatre Captioners, has Stage 3 British Sign Language, and is a Level 3 Lipspeaker/Communicator. 

Roz Chalmers

Roz has worked with people with a hearing loss for over 20 years. She began as a lipreading teacher and later qualified as a lipspeaker. She is a trainer and examiner for the professional qualification for captioners, the STAGETEXT Certificate for Theatre Captioners. In addition to her work with STAGETEXT, Roz is also a qualified audio describer for blind and partially sighted people, working both in theatre and in TV audio description. As well as her STAGETEXT role, Roz is Artistic Consultant at VocalEyes, a charity that delivers audio description for blind and partially sighted people.

Alex Romeo

Alex has a degree in English Literature from the University of Aberdeen and has an MA in Theatre Directing from Royal Holloway University. She has been working with deaf people for 10 years. Alex is a trainer for the STAGETEXT Certificate for Theatre Captioners and an examiner of captioners. She has worked as an editor and proofreader, and in her spare time she writes, plays the guitar, and is currently learning Italian.

Glenn Hathaway

Glenn is a qualified captioner with over seven years' experience. His love of music led to him being asked to become the STAGETEXT ‘opera’ captioner. His ambition to caption Wagner’s Ring Cycle is still unrealised, but he regularly captions a number of the big London West End musicals. In addition, he also captions straight plays at theatres all over the capital. Glenn holds the STAGETEXT Certificate in Theatre Captioning for Deaf People and CACDP Level 2 Communication Tactics. By day, he works for a large London-based organisation.

Stevie Burrows

Steve Burrows has been a STAGETEXT captioner for six years, after having previously been a teacher of music and drama for 15 years. He now combines captioning alongside his work as a database manager in the NHS. His arts experience has also included a variety of acting, singing and dancing roles and educational work with a range of national and international companies. Steve is also a trainer on the STAGETEXT Certificate for Theatre Captioners’ course. 

Gary Hindhaugh

Gary is a professional advertising copywriter and marketing specialist. He has worked in journalism and publishing and has a keen interest in the arts. 

 
Michael Waring

Originally from Belfast, Michael is a graduate in English and Film Studies from the University of Aberdeen. After graduation, he worked in Jamaica for some time helping to produce a radio show and publish a monthly newspaper. Having earned a PGCE, he worked as a teacher of English, Media and Drama for two years, before taking up a position with Kingston University in South London. 

In August 2007, he started working as Events Officer for Roehampton University. He now helps to oversee the smooth running of various University-wide events, open days and graduation ceremonies. In May 2010, Michael started his new (and current) role of Digital Marketing Officer with Roehampton University. He now works within the Marketing and Recruitment Department, focusing on social media, HTML marketing and web development.