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Caption user has ‘time of her life’ at Dirty Dancing
A deaf audience member loved the captioned performance of Dirty Dancing so much that she's booked to see it again in October. Read her story at: http://funnyoldlife.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/dirty-dancing/
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Deaf Awareness Week offer at Young Vic
As part of this year’s Deaf Awareness Week, 5-12 May, the Young Vic in London is offering a free programme with every booking made for the captioned performance of Brecht's The Good Soul of Szechuan on Tuesday 10 June at 7.30pm.
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Summer in the park – with captions
Ever wondered what it would be like to enjoy a summer's evening at the Open Air Theatre in London’s Regent’s Park? Well, now’s your chance. STAGETEXT will be providing the first captioned production there on 21 July.
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Almeida says full access central to its artistic policy
Writing in Arts Professional (7 April 2008) Miranda Yates, Access Officer, explains how captioning and audio description have made their mark at the Almeida.
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The memories came flooding back …
"Captions have opened a whole new world because, for me, one of the worse things of becoming deaf was missing out on music,” says Suzanne Waite, a bubbly 71-year-old arts enthusiast from Sidcup in Kent. “It's as if my life has come back to me now I know I can visit my beloved theatre.”
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Arthur Miller play captioned on tour
‘Blessed with good fortune, David Beeves’s life can’t get much better. But as the lives of those around him begin to crumble, he starts to question his own destiny. The story follows one man’s struggle to change his fate, and asks the question : is there such a thing as too much luck?’
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University volunteers support captioning
Nine student volunteers at Sheffield Hallam University have joined forces with the Sheffield Caption Support Group (SCSG) to spread the word about captioned performances in the region, and have produced a full-colour Newsletter and brand new logo.
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Theatre captioning on your doorstep
Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people will soon have access to captioned performances in their local theatre, thanks to a STAGETEXT project funded by Arts Council South East.
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Rosy future for captioning in Kingston
Captioning got off to an encouraging start at the newly-opened Rose Theatre in Kingston on 6 February when STAGETEXT captioned English Touring Theatre’s production of Uncle Vanya. This was the first production at the venue since it opened in January, and the deaf and hard of hearing people who attended hope many more captioned shows will follow.
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Demand for captioning on increase in Sheffield
More and more deaf and hard of hearing people in South Yorkshire are discovering the joy of captioned theatre thanks to stirling work by the Sheffield Caption Support Group (SCSG).
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Theatre Captioning - What’s involved?
It takes skill, experience, training and a great deal of hard work to prepare for a captioned performance. Clare Booth (CB), of the King’s and Festival Theatres in Edinburgh, spoke to Edinburgh-based captioner Ben Poots (BP) about his experience of captioning.
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Captioning gets off to flying start in Dublin
“Great to finally access theatre” … “A brilliant tool! I would have missed the dialogue without it” … “It was like watching television subtitles”
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First captioned show in Dublin
The Abbey Theatre in Dublin has programmed its first captioned performance this autumn. In a new version by Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle, Synge’s great classic, The Playboy of the Western World, will be captioned by STAGETEXT on Saturday 24 November at 2.30pm.
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Newcomer to captioning describes her joy of attending ‘Joseph’ in London’s West End
STAGETEXT, and I was greatly looking forward to it. I am a profoundly deaf, professional singer (I know – odd choice of career – don’t ask), who wears 2 digital hearing aids, so am no stranger to the theatre world.
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A wonderful way to brighten up a damp July
Fifty members of the Sheffield Caption Support Group (SCSG), lipreading classes from Chesterfield and family and friends enjoyed a terrific day out at the captioned performance of 42nd Street at the Bradford Alhambra in July.
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New theatres in London and Birmingham offer captioning
A number of theatres in London and Birmingham have now joined the See a Voice project and are offering their first captioned performances. Here are some of the shows coming up, with a link to the theatre website. When booking, please say that you would like seats suitable for viewing the captions.
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Captioning arrives in Cornwall!
Deaf and hard of hearing people in Cornwall are to have their first-ever taste of captioning this autumn when The History Boys visit Hall for Cornwall in Truro. The National Theatre’s award-winning production by Alan Bennett will be captioned on Friday 21 September at 7.30pm and tickets are now on sale.
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Deafened actor takes comic monologue to Edinburgh Festival
Deafened actor Tim Barlow is taking his comic monologue, Wasted (Y)ears, to the Joker Dome, Pleasance Theatre, as part of this year’s Edinburgh Festival.
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The Producers at Bristol Hippodrome - Cancelled
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Jersey Opera House raises the banner!
Jersey Opera House has created a striking all-inclusive banner and a range of posters to advertise the forthcoming production of The Buddy Holly Story, which is being captioned by STAGETEXT on 21 July at 5pm and 8pm. The banner, which is 10ft by 2ft long, will be displayed at eight sites around the island.
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