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“My armchair has become my new theatre seat”

Michelle Hedley, a long time caption user and supporter of Stagetext, discusses her experiences with online theatre, how the lockdown has affected her, and what the closure of theatres would mean to her. My parents brought me up to appreciate theatre, and I particularly fell in love with musicals, but I would always have to … Continued

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Our commitments to you: We will only collect, keep, and use Personal Data for business purposes which are outlined on this page, or if we’re legally required to do so. We will continue to be clear and open on what Personal Data we collect and how it will be processed. For as long as we … Continued

Less than one in five UK theatres list captioned performances on their websites

The State of Theatre Access report, which is released today, details what access information is being made available on theatres’ websites across the UK. Of the 629 venues audited only 117 (19%) listed captioned performances on their websites, falling from 139 venues in 2017 (21%). This year 161 venues (26%) failed to share any access … 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

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

Thank you Pat Collcutt

Stagetext received the very sad news today that Pat Collcutt, former Access Officer at the Royal Shakespeare Company, has passed away. Pat was instrumental in bringing captioned performances to the RSC, thus opening up the arts to many deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences. In memory of Pat, our Co-founder Peter Pullan has written … Continued
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