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Stagetext appoints digital accessibility expert as new Chair

Stagetext is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Chair of its Board of Trustees: Professor Jonathan Hassell. Professor Jonathan Hassell. Professor Hassell takes over from Richard Lee, who will step down from the role after serving as Chair for six years. Professor Hassell is a globally recognised thought leader in digital inclusion and … Continued

Stagetext on TV: London Live with Melanie Sharpe

Watch the subtitled London Live interview with Stagetext’s CEO Melanie Sharpe, which took place on breakfast television on the morning of Mon 14 Nov, to kick-off Captioning Awareness Week 2016. In this 5 minute clip, Melanie discusses the importance of captions and live subtitles for deaf audiences, alongside London Live’s presenter Anthony Baxter.

Stagetext features in the government’s White Paper for Culture

Stagetext and VocalEyes were delighted to feature in the government’s The Culture White Paper released Photo: Anthony Brown yesterday, 23 March 2016, which sets out the government’s future ambition and strategy for the cultural sectors: ‘The government would like to see more widespread adoption of the services provided by Stagetext, which provides captioning and live subtitled services … Continued

Stagetext’s CEO Melanie Sharpe: My Gurus

Read this emotive article in Arts Professional with Stagetext’s new CEO Melanie Sharpe, in which she discusses the professional Gurus who have guided and inspired her throughout her career. Read the article here.

President of Japan’s Theatre Accessibility network wins prestigious award

Stagetext would like to congratulate the president of Japan’s Theatre Accessibility network (TA-net), Asako TA-net Team with Stagetext’s captioner Beverley Ward Hirokawa, who has won the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists (of development of the arts), presented on 15 March 16. TA-net is a non-for-profit organisation … Continued

Stagetext’s first live subtitled outdoor tours

Sat 23 Jan 16 marked an exciting day for Stagetext, as we provided our first outdoor tablet tours with live subtitles at the Kentish Town Lock Open Day, part of the Canal and Rivers Trust, in North West London. Stagetext provides theatre captioning and live subtitling in cultural venues for deaf, deafened and hard of … Continued

Articles on Stagetext

The world’s longest-running publication for the performing arts industry, The Stage, recently featured two interviews A captioner prepares at Shakespeare’s Globe with Stagetext. The first, with Stagetext’s Captioner Alex Romeo and Theatre Programme Manager Bethan Way, focusses on the intricate preparation required to caption a play. The second is with our new CEO Melanie Sharp in … Continued

#CAPaware: I ♥ Stagetext revisited

Michelle Hedley first discovered captioning in 2011. In this updated blog which Michelle first wrote in 2012 entitled I ♥ Stagetext, she describes how theatre going has become a truly enjoyable experience, and that the captions allow her to fully follow the performance. I have been deaf since birth and with my severe hearing loss … Continued

Findings of CaptionCue technology tests

Following a series of research events at the National Theatre earlier this year, Stagetext are pleased to release the findings of our technology project, which saw 166 people test the quality of new automatic theatre captions produced by CaptionCue. The events tested captions as they were received by users with and without hearing loss through … Continued

New Chief Executive to lead Stagetext

After five years of sell out shows across the UK, science comedy phenomenon Festival of the Spoken Nerd are releasing their first live DVD and download with subtitles by Stagetext. Full Frontal Nerdity is out now and available here http://shop.festivalofthespokennerd.com/. Exponentially entertaining, unashamedly geeky and fearlessly inquisitive, this glorious live DVD is bursting with astonishing experiments, singalong anthems and retro … Continued

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
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