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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.

PhD project on live subtitles

Zoe Moores, a PhD student from Roehampton University, is exploring how respeaking can best be used to subtitle more live arts and cultural events and Stagetext is supporting her research, as the findings may be used to support our services in the future. A little more about the project: Respeaking is the process of using … 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

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

#CAPaware: captioners’ quick-fire questions

Roz chalmers and Alex Romeo are Stagetext captioners, trainers and examiners for the professional qualification for captioners. In aid of Captioning Awareness Week, we asked them some quick-fire questions, recounting some experiences from their impressive captioning careers. What’s the most memorable captioning experience you’ve ever had and why? Roz: Captioning at the Royal Court on Who … Continued

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