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Mobile captioning app rolls out in West End theatres while charity warns against ‘one size fits all’ (BSL)

February 1, 2023 by

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Mobile captioning technology has now been made available for all performances of the West End shows Back to the Future […]

‘As You Like It’ cast praised for handling heckler who reportedly claimed BSL performance was ‘discriminating against hearing people’ (BSL)

January 30, 2023 by

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Staff and performers at London’s @sohoplace theatre have been commended online for their response to a heckler who allegedly claimed […]

Captioned theatre slumped by almost 8% when venues reopened after Covid lockdowns, Stagetext reveals

November 7, 2022 by

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The arts access charity Stagetext saw a 7.5% fall in captioned theatre performances last year, compared to the pre-Covid numbers […]

Interview: Deaf actress Katie Erich on ‘The Solid Life of Sugar Water’ at the Orange Tree Theatre

October 19, 2022 by

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Ahead of the press night for The Solid Life of Sugar Water this evening, The Limping Chicken’s Liam O’Dell sat […]

Deafblind actor receives apology after captioning device user was accused of recording theatre show

October 14, 2022 by

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A deafblind actor and activist was accused of recording a performance of Hadestown, when she was actually using a captioning device […]

Interview: Graeae’s Jenny Sealey on becoming first Deaf director of a major opera with ‘The Paradis Files’

April 4, 2022 by

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Jenny Sealey, artistic director of the deaf and disabled theatre company Graeae, is to make history this month, when she […]

Deaf News: Subtitled events double as Captioning Awareness Week begins

November 9, 2020 by

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The captioning charity Stagetext has reported a 110% increase in live subtitled events from April to October this year, as […]

Watch: Deaf actress Nadia Nadarajah on her new play, ‘Midnight Movie’

November 21, 2019 by

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Deaf actress Nadia Nadarajah is to star in Midnight Movie, a new production running at the Royal Court Theatre from next […]

Deaf News: Stagetext calls for arts venues to better include deaf people

November 15, 2019 by

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The arts charity Stagetext, which provides captioning services to theatres, museums and galleries, says more should be done to welcome […]

Liam O’Dell: UK theatres need to be more proactive in their quest to be more deaf-friendly

October 25, 2019 by

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After publishing last week’s article about an event on deaf mental health, the consensus of the comments underneath was particularly […]

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