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Highlights from Deaf Awareness Week 2026

Deaf Awareness Week 2026 (4th–10th May) was one of our busiest yet! This year’s theme was ‘Right to understand – Together, we break barriers’.  For the 18 million adults in the UK who are deaf, deafened or hard of hearing, these barriers are felt every time a show is uncaptioned or a museum tour is inaccessible. Breaking … Continued

Nerves and excitement before Stagetext’s pioneering show

This Deaf Awareness Week, we’re looking back at where it all started. Last year, Stagetext celebrated its 25th anniversary. We were founded in 2000, the same year the Tate Modern and the Millennium Dome first opened. It was then that three deaf friends, Geoff Brown, Merfyn Williams and Peter Pullan, established Stagetext, trained Lynn Jackson … Continued

Stagetext awarded Essex Cultural Development Funding

Stagetext has been selected as one of 17 organisations to receive support from Essex County Council’s Cultural Development Project Fund and Creative Industries Project Development Fund which are dedicated to developing local talent and growing Essex’s creative industries. The funding will enable Stagetext to deliver Deaf Awareness Training to 120 arts and culture professionals working … Continued
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