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Stagetext has been awarded funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund to help small and community led arts organisations and volunteer run museums to subtitle their digital work. Since the beginning of lockdown, theatres, museums, and galleries, have been releasing more of their work digitally. With many venues unable to open their doors until 2021, … Continued

As the lights change at a major crossroads in a city in the heart of Europe a car grinds to a halt. Its driver can drive no more. Suddenly, without warning or cause, he has gone blind. Within hours it is clear that this is a blindness like no other. This blindness is infectious. Within … Continued

The Film Bunch’s Deaf Experience watchalong is happening next Thursday, 27 August! Curated by our very own board member Nina Thomas, the event explores d/Deaf experiences from many different perspectives, by those with lived experience. Find out more about the event and sign up to set yourself a reminder: www.thefilmbunch.com/events/2020/8/27/deaf-experience-watchalong Showcasing films from d/Deaf and hard … Continued

Are you doing more shopping online? AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Stagetext every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop AmazonSmile, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as amazon.co.uk, with the added bonus that AmazonSmile will donate a … Continued

We will be closing the Stagetext office for one week from Monday 24 August to give our staff a rest after an incredibly busy start to the year. We’ve worked around the clock to keep Stagetext going during the lockdown and to bring you the best captioned and subtitled events. We have had to be … Continued

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

Soho Theatre On Demand brings you the best shows from London’s most vibrant producer of new theatre, comedy and cabaret. Their latest collection of subtitled shows include stand up specials from comedians like Nish Kumar, Mae Martin, and Dane Baptiste. See the full collection of their subtitled shows with their on demand service: www.sohotheatreondemand.com/collections/SubtitledFilms

We’ve launched a series of free training videos to teach people working in arts and culture how to subtitle their own work and to understand the benefits and importance of subtitles. As the UK’s theatres, museums, and galleries continue to promote and release their work online, it is more important than ever to ensure that … Continued

It’s Deaf Awareness Week from 4 -10 May and this year it’s focussing on ‘acquired deafness’. Acquired hearing loss refers to any type of hearing loss that appears after birth. This can occur at any time in one’s life as either a result of an illness or injury or genetic factors. Deaf Awareness Week is a … Continued