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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