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
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
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
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
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
Stagetext has produced a new film featuring deaf, deafened and hard of hearing theatregoers talking about their experience of captioning. Getting More Theatre For Your Bucks aims to raise awareness of captioned performances among the many thousands of audience members who find they miss what’s being said or sung, but who don’t know that captioning is … Continued
Peter Pullan MBE, one of the three founders of STAGETEXT, received this year’s Heather Jackson Award at the National Association of Deafened People’s Conference in London on 27 April. The award is given to a deafened person who has made a significant contribution to the improvement of the welfare and opportunity of deafened people. … Continued
Deafened friends and colleagues of Geoff Brown, one of the STAGETEXT founders who died last year, have raised funds for a seat to be named in his memory at Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold, North Wales. Geoff, who lived in Widnes, was instrumental in getting captioning on board at the theatre in the early days … Continued
Now an avid theatregoer, Rosemary Hoffman enjoys regular trips to captioned shows along with her family and friends. She found out about STAGETEXT by chance four years ago and is thrilled to have rediscovered the joy of live theatre. “I have been hard of hearing since I was a child and have used subtitles on … Continued
Michelle Hedley first discovered captioning two years ago and has since become a devoted fan. She describes the impact of captions and how trips to the theatre are now a truly enjoyable experience. Michelle’s story “I am deaf (from birth) with a severe hearing loss – I communicate via speech and lipreading. I have been … Continued
Friday 18th November 2011 marked a double celebration for STAGETEXT when Peter Pullan, our co-founder and former Chair, received his MBE from HRH The Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace for services to deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people. Then, in the evening, we won the 2011 Signature Annual Award for Organisational Achievement in … Continued
STAGETEXT is extremely sad to report that one of its founders, Geoff Brown, passed away on 27 July 2011. Geoff was a wonderful man who did so much at the very beginning of STAGETEXT’s existence to get theatre captioning off the ground in the UK and he remained a loyal and ardent audience member on … Continued
