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Who gets to be in the room?

Rachel Jele is head of advocacy and engagement at Stagetext, the UK’s leading charity for theatre captioning and live subtitling. Despite encouraging progress, she thinks captioning is still too often viewed as an optional extra. I love culture. Give me an evening at the theatre, an author interview, a museum exhibition or a spoken-word performance … 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

Meet Sajida Asif: The Artist Behind Stagetext’s 25th Anniversary Commission

We’re absolutely thrilled to introduce Sajida Asif as the talented artist we’ve commissioned to create our 25th anniversary artwork. Here’s why we’re excited to work with her, along with a little about Sajida herself. A Personal Connection to Access Sajida Asif knows exactly why Stagetext’s work matters, because she lives it every day. Sajida became … Continued

Stagetext CEO featured in Create Diversity

We’re thrilled to announce that Melanie Sharpe, Stagetext’s CEO is featured in Create Diversity, a new resource from Creative UK spotlighting the incredible EDI work happening in the Cultural and Creative Industries. In a first-of-its-kind project, Creative UK has collated case studies from organisations and institutions across the sector, each one demonstrating what good EDI practice … Continued

Three new Trustees appointed to Stagetext’s Board

Image left to right: Sophie Ede, Marie-Clare Fenech, Kasia Senyszyn Stagetext is excited to announce that it has recruited three new Trustees to join the Board: Sophie Ede, CEO of Hearing Help Essex, Marie-Clare Fenech, Head of Talent and ED&I Advocate at Oliver Blue Associates and Kasia Senyszyn, Accessible Information Manager, University of Kent.  The … Continued