We’re Thrilled to Welcome Samantha Baines as Stagetext Patron
Samantha Baines, actress, broadcaster and deaf advocate, has joined Stagetext as Patron, lending her voice to our work of making theatre and live events accessible to deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences through captions and live subtitles.
As someone who’s deaf and wears hearing aids herself, she’s been accessing our captions since getting her first hearing aid at 29.
Accepting the patronage, here’s what Samantha said about joining us:
“I’ve been a Stagetext fan for years, so I’m thrilled to be able to support the charity as patron. Getting my first hearing aid at 29 means that having captions in the theatre and at live events has been vital for me not only as a deaf person but as someone with ADHD too.
The arts are incredibly important to me and my job and without Stagetext captions I would have lost access to this key aspect of my life. I’m very excited to work with Stagetext to continue to champion deaf access across the UK.”
