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Tell your story as a Stagetext Ambassador

We’re looking for new ambassadors to talk to various groups about your experience with Stagetext and d/Deaf access within arts and culture. If you’ve found that our services have helped you access the arts, then we would love you to visit Rotary Clubs, Women’s Institutes, Lipreading Classes, d/Deaf & hard of hearing organisations and help … Continued

All Olivier Award Winning Theatre has been Captioned

Stagetext are thrilled to see that all of the winning theatre and musical productions at this year’s Olivier Awards offered captioned performances or have captioned productions in their upcoming schedule. This is a good increase on 2018 where 90% of winners were captioned. The winning productions, which are either captioned by Stagetext or by trained … Continued

Robin Saphra announced as Stagetext Chair

Stagetext, the leading charity creating captions for d/Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing culture lovers, is delighted to announce the appointment of Robin Saphra as their new Chair. Robin, who had an early career within the arts, worked as a director and producer at the renowned Market Theatre in South Africa, fringe venues and West … Continued

Stagetext can talk at your group

Do you attend W.I. meetings or go to a Rotary Club? Or do you know of any other groups or organisations that would benefit from receiving a presentation from Stagetext? As part of our work we travel the country speaking with d/Deaf groups, community groups, and at cultural events, about our work and how people … Continued

It’s Stagetext’s Birthday

On 15 November 2000, we delivered our first ever captioned performance, 18 years later we’re celebrating over 1000 events a year. That first captioned performance of the Duchess of Malfi by the RSC at the Barbican was a seminal moment in the history of access for d/Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people. But it was … Continued

BBC News’ video on smart caption glasses

It’s been exciting to see the smart caption glasses develop and we’ve been advising on the project to help ensure they will be a valuable form of additional access. It was great to see the BBC’s recent report on these glasses and on access to the arts. We wanted to talk about the description of … Continued

The National Theatre’s Smart Glasses Offer More Access

Today sees the launch of The National Theatre’s (NT) state-of-the-art smart caption glasses, which will increase theatre access for d/Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences. Stagetext closely advised on the project which aims to make every production that the NT produce accessible to audiences on any day and at any time, with their “Open … Continued

Introducing ‘Stagetext working with MyClearText’

Stagetext are pleased to announce we will be working with MyClearText in our delivery of live subtitles across the arts and culture sector. The agreement will see MyClearText delivering live subtitling services to a number of Stagetext’s existing arts clients, including for talks and tours at museums and galleries. The new arrangement will allow Stagetext … Continued

Stagetext training at Guildhall School of Music and Drama

We’d like to thank Guildhall School of Music and Drama for hosting Stagetext and all of those who took part in our successful training session. The students at Guildhall learnt about the importance of regular captioned shows, the role of a captioner, the technology behind captioning, and how to work with Stagetext and other access providers … Continued

Stagetext have secured National Lottery funding

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded funding by The National Lottery for a project to help develop the way we work with our volunteers, ambassadors, and our user panel. The funding will help to support our Ambassadors programme, where we work with volunteers of a range of ages, types of hearing … Continued

Thank you to all our generous donors

Stagetext would like to take a moment to thank all of our incredibly generous supporters who kindly donated to us over Christmas and New Year’s. As a charity, we survive on the kindness of our patrons and we are incredibly thankful for everyone who, with their donations, are helping us to continue making theatre, museums, … Continued

Respeaking at Live Events – An Update From Zoe Moores

Written by Zoe Moores, PhD student at Roehampton University October and November saw the first series of events in the Respeaking at Live Events research project. It was a really busy and exciting time for everyone involved and I couldn’t have done it without the support of so many people. Let me take this opportunity … Continued
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