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The most terrifying live theatre experience in the world ... with captions

Now in its 21st terrifying year, over 7 million people have lived to tell the tale of one of the most exciting, gripping and successful theatre event ever staged – The Woman in Black. Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people can now see it for themselves at the Fortune Theatre, London, on Wednesday 2 June when STAGETEXT captions the play. Read More...

STAGETEXT work with Shakespeare's Globe on FREE event

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London runs regular 'Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank' events which are productions of Shakespeare classics developed for children and young people. Read More...

BBC’s See Hear item on captioning now on YouTube

The BBC’s See Hear! programme recently featured a piece on access to theatre through captioning and BSL. Read More...

Ever felt left out when everyone laughs? Not any more ...

Read Lidia Best’s heartwarming story of how she has rediscovered theatre, her trips to captioned shows, and the fun of meeting up with her new friends. Read More...

The Habit of Art hits record high for captioned performances at the National Theatre

110 deaf and partially hearing people and their companions attended the captioned performance of Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art – making it the most popular captioned performance ever held at the National Theatre. Read More...

Subtitled cinema - future plans? Have your say!

The UK Film Council would like to hear YOUR VIEWS on cinema access, to help plan possible future funding schemes. This is an opportunity to let them know how important subtitled cinema is to people with hearing loss. Read More...

Legally Blonde, The Musical - a sparkling delight! Book now for the captioned performance!

Catchy songs, a great cast, and a storyline which has the brilliant message of positivity and love triumphing over all - Legally Blonde, The Musical has them all. Now running at London’s Savoy Theatre, there will a captioned performance on Saturday 10 April at 2.30pm. Read More...

Deafened actor in new ‘care home’ version of Shakespeare’s love story

What is it about love in old age? What family has not wrestled with the question of how we care for our parents as they become older and frailer? Who will love them? Who will support them? Who will pay for their care? And with that care, what controls should we apply? If we have taken power of attorney, what about the freedom to fall in love, to give gifts, to marry unwisely? Read More...

DIARY OF CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES, JANUARY 2010 - UPDATE

Unfortunately, we have had some problems sending the latest performance diary of captioned shows to you by email. If you would like to download the January 2010 edition, please read on ... Read More...

Interested in becoming a STAGETEXT Trustee?

STAGETEXT is always interested to hear from people who might be interested in becoming a STAGETEXT Trustee - people with strategic vision, independent judgement and a willingness to give time and commitment. Read More...

Access London Theatre - Winter 2010 brochure now available!

The Winter 2010 edition of Access London Theatre is now available, listing captioned, sign language interpreted and audio described performances taking place in London’s Theatreland between January and April 2010. The brochure also incorporates an Access Venue Guide with information for over 70 London theatres. Read More...

Find out about captioning on YouTube

If you’d like to know more about captioning and what deaf people think about it, you might like to watch the following three clips on YouTube: Read More...

Planning a trip to Scotland? Why not catch a captioned show?

If you live in Scotland, or are planning a visit there, why not catch a captioned show during your travels. Read More...

Free tickets for under 26s at Hampstead Theatre

Hampstead Theatre now has an allocation of free tickets for under 26s for their captioned performances as part of the Arts Council initiative, A Night Less Ordinary. Read More...

25 or under? Love captions? Royal Court offers free tickets

The Royal Court in London is offering a limited number of free tickets to deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people aged 25 or under as part of an Arts Council scheme to attract younger audiences. These are available for all productions currently booking in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs. Read More...

If you enjoy captioned theatre, why not try out subtitled cinema?

The UK leads the world in 'accessible' cinema. Most major cinemas now have facilities to screen the latest films with subtitles for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people, and most popular films are available with subtitles. 'Accessible' shows are now a regular feature in hundreds of cinemas nationwide. Read More...

Read about what's happening in the world of captioning

STAGETEXT recently published its first newsletter, Wordplay, which is aimed at theatres and production companies that are interested in finding out what's happening on the captioning front and current developments. Read More...

Captioning in East Anglia launches with Ayckbourn comedy

A co-production between the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, and the Mercury Theatre in Colchester, marked the launch of captioning services in East Anglia. Alan Ayckbourn’s A Chorus of Disapproval was captioned at the New Wolsey on 25 February and at the Mercury Theatre on 17 March. Along with the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, they are the latest three venues to join the See a Voice project and share captioning equipment and local captioners. Read More...

STAGETEXT captions 1,000th performance at National Theatre

STAGETEXT captioned its 1,000th performance – the National Theatre’s production of Gethsemane by David Hare – in December, marking a huge increase in captioned shows at the venue and on tour in 2008. Read More...