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Stagetext to caption first live music gig

At this year’s Club Attitude, for the first time ever, Stagetext will provide captions and live subtitles for a music gig.  The event will take place on Tue 24 March; 7pm in London’s Islington Assembly Hall and will feature UK psych rockers TOY, Hatcham Social and Hulkenburg. Club Attitude is promoted by Attitude is Everything, a charity set … Continued

The founding of Stagetext: ‘It’s like day and night’

If you’ve ever wondered about the history of Stagetext, then you might be interested in our brand new film. Shot on location at St. Martin’s Theatre in London, watch one of our founders Peter Pullan explain a little about how it all started, the history of the charity, and the early years of captioning in … Continued

Getting more theatre for your bucks

Stagetext has produced a new film featuring deaf, deafened and hard of hearing theatregoers talking about their experience of captioning.  Getting More Theatre For Your Bucks aims to raise awareness of captioned performances among the many thousands of audience members who find they miss what’s being said or sung, but who don’t know that captioning is … Continued

Lasting memorial to Geoff Brown at Clwyd Theatr Cymru

Deafened friends and colleagues of Geoff Brown, one of the STAGETEXT founders who died last year, have raised funds for a seat to be named in his memory at Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold, North Wales. Geoff, who lived in Widnes, was instrumental in getting captioning on board at the theatre in the early days … Continued

How I discovered captioning

Now an avid theatregoer, Rosemary Hoffman enjoys regular trips to captioned shows along with her family and friends. She found out about STAGETEXT by chance four years ago and is thrilled to have rediscovered the joy of live theatre. “I have been hard of hearing since I was a child and have used subtitles on … Continued

I ♥ STAGETEXT

Michelle Hedley first discovered captioning two years ago and has since become a devoted fan. She describes the impact of captions and how trips to the theatre are now a truly enjoyable experience. Michelle’s story “I am deaf (from birth) with a severe hearing loss – I communicate via speech and lipreading. I have been … Continued

Double celebration for STAGETEXT

Friday 18th November 2011 marked a double celebration for STAGETEXT when Peter Pullan, our co-founder and former Chair, received his MBE from HRH The Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace for services to deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people. Then, in the evening, we won the 2011 Signature Annual Award for Organisational Achievement in … Continued

In memory of Geoff Brown

STAGETEXT is extremely sad to report that one of its founders, Geoff Brown, passed away on 27 July 2011. Geoff was a wonderful man who did so much at the very beginning of STAGETEXT’s existence to get theatre captioning off the ground in the UK and he remained a loyal and ardent audience member on … Continued
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