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Introducing ‘Stagetext working with MyClearText’

Wed 18th Jul, 2018

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

Wed 11th Jul, 2018

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

Wed 11th Jul, 2018

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

Tue 6th Feb, 2018

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

Thu 11th Jan, 2018

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

A message from Melanie Sharpe

Tue 3rd Oct, 2017

The National Theatre and Stagetext in partnership, testing new access technology Melanie Sharpe, Stagetext CEO “You may have heard that The National Theatre have announced that they are developing smart glasses, which will allow users to see captions for theatre performances on a screen directly in front of their eyes. This technology will eventually allow … Continued

Become a Caption Hero this Captioning Awareness Week

Mon 2nd Oct, 2017

Become a Caption Hero this Captioning Awareness Week Caption Awareness Week is an annual event which raises awareness of captioning, and live subtitling. Captioning gives deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences equal access to arts events such as theatre plays, musicals, museum talks, tours and literary festivals. In 2017 Caption Awareness Week will take … Continued

Respeaking at Live Events – A Message from Zoe

Tue 5th Sep, 2017

Written by Zoe Moores, PHD student at Roehampton University Thanks again to everyone who took part in the survey on live subtitling. It was really interesting to read all your responses and to share your experiences of access on television and at events over the years. I really appreciate the time you spent on this. … Continued

Stagetext Goes to RADA

Sat 29th Jul, 2017

July marks a first for Stagetext as we work with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) on their first ever captioned show, Untouchable. The show is part of the annual RADA Festival, held at the prestigious drama school, which brings together an eclectic range of artists, writers, directors and practitioners to celebrate the possibilities of … Continued

Arts Council England uplift funding for museums, talks and tours programme

Tue 27th Jun, 2017

Stagetext is delighted to announce that The Arts Council England (ACE) has increased our funding to include support for the first time to our museum and galleries Talks programme. In the last year Stagetext captioned over 1,000 events within Theatres, Museums and Galleries, reaching an estimated 350,000 users; the ACE funding will allow Stagetext to … Continued

Shakespeare Half-Marathon – A Report From the Ground by Stagetext Deputy Chair Tim Hardy

Tue 16th May, 2017

“It’s not just elite runners these days who have to cope with off-course distractions of media commitments, meeting the sponsors and the rest, over and above getting to the start on time, making sure one’s wearing the right shoes, taken on board the right amount of carbs, liquids etc and generally ready for the challenge … Continued

Guildhall student Rosey Lock becomes Stagetext’s newest captioner

Fri 28th Apr, 2017

Congratulations to Guildhall School of Speech & Drama student Rosey Lock on passing her Stagetext Certificate in Captioning. Stagetext regularly visits drama schools to give An Introduction To Theatre Access to students on Technical, Stage Management and Performing Arts courses. These sessions are run in conjunction with VocalEyes the national audio description charity. We feel giving artists and practitioners … Continued