1<!doctype html> 2<html lang="en-US"> 3 <head> 4 <meta charset="utf-8"> 5 <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge"> 6 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"> 7 <meta name='robots' content='index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1' /> 8 9 <!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-wordpress/ --> 10 <title>About Stagetext - Stagetext</title> 11<link data-rocket-prefetch href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" rel="dns-prefetch"> 12<link data-rocket-prefetch href="https://www.googletagmanager.com" rel="dns-prefetch"> 13<link data-rocket-prefetch href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net" rel="dns-prefetch"> 14<link data-rocket-prefetch href="https://www.cookieconsent.com" rel="dns-prefetch"> 15<link data-rocket-prefetch href="https://www.termsfeed.com" rel="dns-prefetch"> 16<link data-rocket-prefetch href="https://app.getresponse.com" rel="dns-prefetch"> 17<link data-rocket-prefetch href="https://s7.addthis.com" rel="dns-prefetch"> 18<link data-rocket-preload as="style" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,600;0,700;1,300;1,400;1,600;1,700&family=Poppins:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;0,700;1,400;1,600;1,700%20rel=stylesheet&display=swap" rel="preload"> 19<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,600;0,700;1,300;1,400;1,600;1,700&family=Poppins:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;0,700;1,400;1,600;1,700%20rel=stylesheet&display=swap" media="print" onload="this.media='all'" rel="stylesheet"> 20<noscript data-wpr-hosted-gf-parameters=""><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,600;0,700;1,300;1,400;1,600;1,700&family=Poppins:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;0,700;1,400;1,600;1,700%20rel=stylesheet&display=swap"></noscript><link rel="preload" data-rocket-preload as="image" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/09/Mercutio_pic_for_web1-scaled-aspect-ratio-1600-450-scaled.jpg" imagesrcset="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/02/29-About-Us-About-Stagetext-Main-Image-aspect-ratio-360-200.png 1000w, https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/09/Mercutio_pic_for_web1-scaled-aspect-ratio-1600-450-scaled.jpg 1600w" imagesizes="(min-width: 0px) 100vw" fetchpriority="high"> 21 <meta name="description" content="We are Stagetext, a deaf-led charity. We are passionate about making the arts a more welcoming and accessible place.18 million people in the UK are deaf, deafened or hard of hearing. That means one in five of us rely on subtitles and captions to experience the joy of live theatre, to sing along with our favourite musicals, to take guided tours around museums, or to see our favourite authors speak at festivals." /> 22 <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/about-stagetext/" /> 23 <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" /> 24 <meta property="og:type" content="article" /> 25 <meta property="og:title" content="About Stagetext - Stagetext" /> 26 <meta property="og:description" content="We are Stagetext, a deaf-led charity. We are passionate about making the arts a more welcoming and accessible place.18 million people in the UK are deaf, deafened or hard of hearing. That means one in five of us rely on subtitles and captions to experience the joy of live theatre, to sing along with our favourite musicals, to take guided tours around museums, or to see our favourite authors speak at festivals." /> 27 <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/about-stagetext/" /> 28 <meta property="og:site_name" content="Stagetext" /> 29 <meta property="article:modified_time" content="2026-06-11T10:00:55+00:00" /> 30 <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/02/29-About-Us-About-Stagetext-Main-Image-1024x576.png" /> 31 <meta property="og:image:width" content="1024" /> 32 <meta property="og:image:height" content="576" /> 33 <meta property="og:image:type" content="image/png" /> 34 <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
35 <meta name="twitter:label1" content="Est. reading time" /> 36 <meta name="twitter:data1" content="1 minute" /> 37
37<script type="application/ld+json" class="yoast-schema-graph">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/about-us\/about-stagetext\/","url":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/about-us\/about-stagetext\/","name":"About Stagetext - Stagetext","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/about-us\/about-stagetext\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/about-us\/about-stagetext\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/29-About-Us-About-Stagetext-Main-Image.png","datePublished":"2020-10-24T08:03:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-11T10:00:55+00:00","description":"We are Stagetext, a deaf-led charity. We are passionate about making the arts a more welcoming and accessible place.18 million people in the UK are deaf, deafened or hard of hearing. That means one in five of us rely on subtitles and captions to experience the joy of live theatre, to sing along with our favourite musicals, to take guided tours around museums, or to see our favourite authors speak at festivals.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/about-us\/about-stagetext\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/about-us\/about-stagetext\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/about-us\/about-stagetext\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/29-About-Us-About-Stagetext-Main-Image.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/29-About-Us-About-Stagetext-Main-Image.png","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/about-us\/about-stagetext\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About Us","item":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/about-us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"About Stagetext"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/","name":"Stagetext","description":"Captioning Culture","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}</script>
37 38 <!-- / Yoast SEO plugin. --> 39 40 41<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s7.addthis.com' /> 42<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//fonts.googleapis.com' /> 43<link href='https://fonts.gstatic.com' crossorigin rel='preconnect' /> 44<link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (JSON)" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://www.stagetext.org/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stagetext.org%2Fabout-us%2Fabout-stagetext%2F" /> 45<link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (XML)" type="text/xml+oembed" href="https://www.stagetext.org/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stagetext.org%2Fabout-us%2Fabout-stagetext%2F&format=xml" /> 46 <!-- This site uses the Google Analytics by MonsterInsights plugin v11.3.0 - Using Analytics tracking - https://www.monsterinsights.com/ -->
vendor: 59 bytes, lines 46-47
46 47 <script src="//www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=
47G-53Z966CQ76
vendor: 91 bytes, lines 47-48
47" data-cfasync="false" data-wpfc-render="false" type="text/javascript" async></script> 48
48<script data-cfasync="false" data-wpfc-render="false" type="text/javascript"> 49 var mi_version = '11.3.0'; 50 var mi_track_user = true; 51 var mi_no_track_reason = ''; 52 var MonsterInsightsDefaultLocations = {"page_location":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org\/about-us\/about-stagetext\/"}; 53 if ( typeof MonsterInsightsPrivacyGuardFilter === 'function' ) { 54 var MonsterInsightsLocations = (typeof MonsterInsightsExcludeQuery === 'object') ? MonsterInsightsPrivacyGuardFilter( MonsterInsightsExcludeQuery ) : MonsterInsightsPrivacyGuardFilter( MonsterInsightsDefaultLocations ); 55 } else { 56 var MonsterInsightsLocations = (typeof MonsterInsightsExcludeQuery === 'object') ? MonsterInsightsExcludeQuery : MonsterInsightsDefaultLocations; 57 } 58 59 var disableStrs = [ 60 'ga-disable-G-53Z966CQ76', 61 ]; 62 63 /* Function to detect opted out users */ 64 function __gtagTrackerIsOptedOut() { 65 for (var index = 0; index < disableStrs.length; index++) { 66 if (document.cookie.indexOf(disableStrs[index] + '=true') > -1) { 67 return true; 68 } 69 } 70 71 return false; 72 } 73 74 /* Disable tracking if the opt-out cookie exists. */ 75 if (__gtagTrackerIsOptedOut()) { 76 for (var index = 0; index < disableStrs.length; index++) { 77 window[disableStrs[index]] = true; 78 } 79 } 80 81 /* Opt-out function */ 82 function __gtagTrackerOptout() { 83 for (var index = 0; index < disableStrs.length; index++) { 84 document.cookie = disableStrs[index] + '=true; expires=Thu, 31 Dec 2099 23:59:59 UTC; path=/'; 85 window[disableStrs[index]] = true; 86 } 87 } 88 89 if ('undefined' === typeof gaOptout) { 90 function gaOptout() { 91 __gtagTrackerOptout(); 92 } 93 } 94 window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; 95 96 window.MonsterInsightsDualTracker = { 97 helpers: {}, 98 trackers: {}, 99 }; 100 if (mi_track_user) { 101 function __gtagDataLayer() { 102 dataLayer.push(arguments); 103 } 104 105 function __gtagTracker(type, name, parameters) { 106 if (!parameters) { 107 parameters = {}; 108 } 109 110 if (parameters.send_to) { 111 __gtagDataLayer.apply(null, arguments); 112 return; 113 } 114 115 if (type === 'event') { 116 parameters.send_to = monsterinsights_frontend.v4_id; 117 var hookName = name; 118 if (typeof parameters['event_category'] !== 'undefined') { 119 hookName = parameters['event_category'] + ':' + name; 120 } 121 122 if (typeof MonsterInsightsDualTracker.trackers[hookName] !== 'undefined') { 123 MonsterInsightsDualTracker.trackers[hookName](parameters); 124 } else { 125 __gtagDataLayer('event', name, parameters); 126 } 127 128 } else { 129 __gtagDataLayer.apply(null, arguments); 130 } 131 } 132 133 __gtagTracker('js', new Date()); 134 __gtagTracker('set', { 135 'developer_id.dZGIzZG': true, 136 }); 137 if ( MonsterInsightsLocations.page_location ) { 138 __gtagTracker('set', MonsterInsightsLocations); 139 } 140 __gtagTracker('config', 'G-53Z966CQ76', {"forceSSL":"true","link_attribution":"true"} ); 141 window.gtag = __gtagTracker; (function () { 142 /* https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/ */ 143 /* ga and __gaTracker compatibility shim. */ 144 var noopfn = function () { 145 return null; 146 }; 147 var newtracker = function () { 148 return new Tracker(); 149 }; 150 var Tracker = function () { 151 return null; 152 }; 153 var p = Tracker.prototype; 154 p.get = noopfn; 155 p.set = noopfn; 156 p.send = function () { 157 var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments); 158 args.unshift('send'); 159 __gaTracker.apply(null, args); 160 }; 161 var __gaTracker = function () { 162 var len = arguments.length; 163 if (len === 0) { 164 return; 165 } 166 var f = arguments[len - 1]; 167 if (typeof f !== 'object' || f === null || typeof f.hitCallback !== 'function') { 168 if ('send' === arguments[0]) { 169 var hitConverted, hitObject = false, action; 170 if ('event' === arguments[1]) { 171 if ('undefined' !== typeof arguments[3]) { 172 hitObject = { 173 'eventAction': arguments[3], 174 'eventCategory': arguments[2], 175 'eventLabel': arguments[4], 176 'value': arguments[5] ? arguments[5] : 1, 177 } 178 } 179 } 180 if ('pageview' === arguments[1]) { 181 if ('undefined' !== typeof arguments[2]) { 182 hitObject = { 183 'eventAction': 'page_view', 184 'page_path': arguments[2], 185 } 186 } 187 } 188 if (typeof arguments[2] === 'object') { 189 hitObject = arguments[2]; 190 } 191 if (typeof arguments[5] === 'object') { 192 Object.assign(hitObject, arguments[5]); 193 } 194 if ('undefined' !== typeof arguments[1].hitType) { 195 hitObject = arguments[1]; 196 if ('pageview' === hitObject.hitType) { 197 hitObject.eventAction = 'page_view'; 198 } 199 } 200 if (hitObject) { 201 action = 'timing' === arguments[1].hitType ? 'timing_complete' : hitObject.eventAction;
202 hitConverted = mapArgs(hitObject); 203 __gtagTracker('event', action, hitConverted); 204 } 205 } 206 return; 207 } 208 209 function mapArgs(args) { 210 var arg, hit = {}; 211 var gaMap = { 212 'eventCategory': 'event_category', 213 'eventAction': 'event_action', 214 'eventLabel': 'event_label', 215 'eventValue': 'event_value', 216 'nonInteraction': 'non_interaction', 217 'timingCategory': 'event_category', 218 'timingVar': 'name', 219 'timingValue': 'value', 220 'timingLabel': 'event_label', 221 'page': 'page_path', 222 'location': 'page_location', 223 'title': 'page_title', 224 'referrer' : 'page_referrer', 225 }; 226 for (arg in args) { 227 if (!(!args.hasOwnProperty(arg) || !gaMap.hasOwnProperty(arg))) { 228 hit[gaMap[arg]] = args[arg]; 229 } else { 230 hit[arg] = args[arg]; 231 } 232 } 233 return hit; 234 } 235 236 try { 237 f.hitCallback(); 238 } catch (ex) { 239 } 240 }; 241 __gaTracker.create = newtracker; 242 __gaTracker.getByName = newtracker; 243 __gaTracker.getAll = function () { 244 return []; 245 }; 246 __gaTracker.remove = noopfn; 247 __gaTracker.loaded = true; 248 window['__gaTracker'] = __gaTracker; 249 })(); 250 } else { 251 console.log(""); 252 (function () { 253 function __gtagTracker() { 254 return null; 255 } 256 257 window['__gtagTracker'] = __gtagTracker; 258 window['gtag'] = __gtagTracker; 259 })(); 260 } 261 </script>
261 262 <!-- / Google Analytics by MonsterInsights --> 263 <style id="wp-img-auto-sizes-contain-inline-css"> 264img:is([sizes=auto i],[sizes^="auto," i]){contain-intrinsic-size:3000px 1500px} 265/*# sourceURL=wp-img-auto-sizes-contain-inline-css */ 266</style> 267<style id="wp-emoji-styles-inline-css"> 268 269 img.wp-smiley, img.emoji { 270 display: inline !important; 271 border: none !important; 272 box-shadow: none !important; 273 height: 1em !important; 274 width: 1em !important; 275 margin: 0 0.07em !important; 276 vertical-align: -0.1em !important; 277 background: none !important; 278 padding: 0 !important; 279 } 280/*# sourceURL=wp-emoji-styles-inline-css */ 281</style> 282<style id="wp-block-library-inline-css"> 283:root{--wp-block-synced-color:#7a00df;--wp-block-synced-color--rgb:122,0,223;--wp-bound-block-color:var(--wp-block-synced-color);--wp-editor-canvas-background:#ddd;--wp-admin-theme-color:#007cba;--wp-admin-theme-color--rgb:0,124,186;--wp-admin-theme-color-darker-10:#006ba1;--wp-admin-theme-color-darker-10--rgb:0,107,160.5;--wp-admin-theme-color-darker-20:#005a87;--wp-admin-theme-color-darker-20--rgb:0,90,135;--wp-admin-border-width-focus:2px}@media (min-resolution:192dpi){:root{--wp-admin-border-width-focus:1.5px}}.wp-element-button{cursor:pointer}:root .has-very-light-gray-background-color{background-color:#eee}:root .has-very-dark-gray-background-color{background-color:#313131}:root .has-very-light-gray-color{color:#eee}:root .has-very-dark-gray-color{color:#313131}:root .has-vivid-green-cyan-to-vivid-cyan-blue-gradient-background{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#00d084,#0693e3)}:root .has-purple-crush-gradient-background{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#34e2e4,#4721fb 50%,#ab1dfe)}:root .has-hazy-dawn-gradient-background{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#faaca8,#dad0ec)}:root .has-subdued-olive-gradient-background{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#fafae1,#67a671)}:root .has-atomic-cream-gradient-background{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#fdd79a,#004a59)}:root .has-nightshade-gradient-background{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#330968,#31cdcf)}:root .has-midnight-gradient-background{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#020381,#2874fc)}:root{--wp--preset--font-size--normal:16px;
283--wp--preset--font-size--huge:42px}.has-regular-font-size{font-size:1em}.has-larger-font-size{font-size:2.625em}.has-normal-font-size{font-size:var(--wp--preset--font-size--normal)}.has-huge-font-size{font-size:var(--wp--preset--font-size--huge)}:root .has-text-align-center{text-align:center}:root .has-text-align-left{text-align:left}:root .has-text-align-right{text-align:right}.has-fit-text{white-space:nowrap!important}#end-resizable-editor-section{display:none}.aligncenter{clear:both}.items-justified-left{justify-content:flex-start}.items-justified-center{justify-content:center}.items-justified-right{justify-content:flex-end}.items-justified-space-between{justify-content:space-between}.screen-reader-text{word-wrap:normal!important;border:0;clip-path:inset(50%);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;word-break:normal!important}.screen-reader-text:focus{background-color:#ddd;clip-path:none;color:#444;display:block;font-size:1em;height:auto;left:5px;line-height:normal;padding:15px 23px 14px;text-decoration:none;top:5px;width:auto;z-index:100000}html :where(.has-border-color){border-style:solid}html :where([style^=border-color],[style*=";border-color"],[style*="; border-color"]){border-style:solid}html :where([style^=border-top-color],[style*=";border-top-color"],[style*="; border-top-color"]){border-top-style:solid}html :where([style^=border-right-color],[style*=";border-right-color"],[style*="; border-right-color"]){border-right-style:solid}html :where([style^=border-bottom-color],[style*=";border-bottom-color"],[style*="; border-bottom-color"]){border-bottom-style:solid}html :where([style^=border-left-color],[style*=";border-left-color"],[style*="; border-left-color"]){border-left-style:solid}html :where([style^=border-width],[style*=";border-width"],[style*="; border-width"]){border-style:solid}html :where([style^=border-top-width],[style*=";border-top-width"],[style*="; border-top-width"]){border-top-style:solid}html :where([style^=border-right-width],[style*=";border-right-width"],[style*="; border-right-width"]){border-right-style:solid}html :where([style^=border-bottom-width],[style*=";border-bottom-width"],[style*="; border-bottom-width"]){border-bottom-style:solid}html :where([style^=border-left-width],[style*=";border-left-width"],[style*="; border-left-width"]){border-left-style:solid}html :where(img[class*=wp-image-]){height:auto;max-width:100%}:where(figure){margin:0 0 1em}html :where(.is-position-sticky){--wp-admin--admin-bar--position-offset:var(--wp-admin--admin-bar--height,0px)}@media screen and (max-width:600px){html :where(.is-position-sticky){--wp-admin--admin-bar--position-offset:0px}} 284 285/*# sourceURL=/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/common.min.css */ 286</style> 287<style id="classic-theme-styles-inline-css"> 288/*! This file is auto-generated */ 289.wp-block-button__link{color:#fff;background-color:#32373c;border-radius:9999px;box-shadow:none;text-decoration:none;padding:calc(.667em + 2px) calc(1.333em + 2px);font-size:1.125em}.wp-block-file__button{background:#32373c;color:#fff;text-decoration:none} 290/*# sourceURL=/wp-includes/css/classic-themes.min.css */ 291</style> 292 293<style id="global-styles-inline-css"> 294:root{--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--square: 1;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--4-3: 4/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-4: 3/4;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-2: 3/2;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--2-3: 2/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--16-9: 16/9;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--9-16: 9/16;--wp--preset--color--black: #000000;--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray: #abb8c3;--wp--preset--color--white: #ffffff;--wp--preset--color--pale-pink: #f78da7;--wp--preset--color--vivid-red: #cf2e2e;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange: #ff6900;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber: #fcb900;--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan: #7bdcb5;--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan: #00d084;--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue: #8ed1fc;--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue: #0693e3;--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple: #9b51e0;--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(6,147,227) 0%,rgb(155,81,224) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(122,220,180) 0%,rgb(0,208,130) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(252,185,
2940) 0%,rgb(255,105,0) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,105,0) 0%,rgb(207,46,46) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(169,184,195) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(74,234,220) 0%,rgb(151,120,209) 20%,rgb(207,42,186) 40%,rgb(238,44,130) 60%,rgb(251,105,98) 80%,rgb(254,248,76) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,206,236) 0%,rgb(152,150,240) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(254,205,165) 0%,rgb(254,45,45) 50%,rgb(107,0,62) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,203,112) 0%,rgb(199,81,192) 50%,rgb(65,88,208) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 50%,rgb(51,167,181) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--midnight: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(2,3,129) 0%,rgb(40,116,252) 100%);--wp--preset--font-size--small: 13px;--wp--preset--font-size--medium: 20px;--wp--preset--font-size--large: 36px;--wp--preset--font-size--x-large: 42px;--wp--preset--spacing--20: 0.44rem;--wp--preset--spacing--30: 0.67rem;--wp--preset--spacing--40: 1rem;--wp--preset--spacing--50: 1.5rem;--wp--preset--spacing--60: 2.25rem;--wp--preset--spacing--70: 3.38rem;--wp--preset--spacing--80: 5.06rem;--wp--preset--shadow--natural: 6px 6px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--deep: 12px 12px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);--wp--preset--shadow--sharp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--outlined: 6px 6px 0px -3px rgb(255, 255, 255), 6px 6px rgb(0, 0, 0);--wp--preset--shadow--crisp: 6px 6px 0px rgb(0, 0, 0);}.wp-block-button{--wp--preset--dimension--25: 25%;--wp--preset--dimension--50: 50%;--wp--preset--dimension--75: 75%;--wp--preset--dimension--100: 100%;}:where(body) { margin: 0; }:where(.is-layout-flex){gap: 0.5em;}:where(.is-layout-grid){gap: 0.5em;}body .is-layout-flex{display: flex;}.is-layout-flex{flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;}.is-layout-flex > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}body .is-layout-grid{display: grid;}.is-layout-grid > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}body{padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;}:root :where(.wp-element-button, .wp-block-button__link){background-color: #32373c;border-width: 0;color: #fff;font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;letter-spacing: inherit;line-height: inherit;padding-top: calc(0.667em + 2px);padding-right: calc(1.333em + 2px);padding-bottom: calc(0.667em + 2px);padding-left: calc(1.333em + 2px);text-decoration: none;text-transform: inherit;}.has-black-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red) !important;}
294.has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-cool-to-warm-spectrum-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum) !important;}.has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple) !important;}.has-blush-bordeaux-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux) !important;}.has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk) !important;}.has-pale-ocean-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean) !important;}.has-electric-grass-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass) !important;}.has-midnight-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--midnight) !important;}.has-small-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--small) !important;}.has-medium-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium) !important;}.has-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--large) !important;}.has-x-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--x-large) !important;} 295/*# sourceURL=global-styles-inline-css */ 296</style> 297 298<link rel='stylesheet' id='sta-css' href='https://www.stagetext.org/app/plugins/st-alerts/css/sta.min.css?ver=1.3.3' media='all' /> 299 300<style id="rocket-lazyload-inline-css"> 301.rll-youtube-player{position:relative;padding-bottom:56.23%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%;}.rll-youtube-player:focus-within{outline: 2px solid currentColor;outline-offset: 5px;}.rll-youtube-player iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:100;background:0 0}.rll-youtube-player img{bottom:0;display:block;left:0;margin:auto;max-width:100%;width:100%;position:absolute;right:0;top:0;border:none;height:auto;-webkit-transition:.4s all;-moz-transition:.4s all;transition:.4s all}.rll-youtube-player img:hover{-webkit-filter:brightness(75%)}.rll-youtube-player .play{height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;position:absolute;background:url(https://www.stagetext.org/app/plugins/wp-rocket/assets/img/youtube.png) no-repeat center;background-color: transparent !important;cursor:pointer;border:none;} 302/*# sourceURL=rocket-lazyload-inline-css */ 303</style>
304<script async data-wp-strategy="async" id="monsterinsights-frontend-script-js" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/assets/js/frontend-gtag.min.js?ver=11.3.0"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 304
304
305<script data-cfasync="false" data-wpfc-render="false" type="text/javascript" id='monsterinsights-frontend-script-js-extra'>/* <![CDATA[ */ 306var monsterinsights_frontend = {"js_events_tracking":"true","download_extensions":"doc,pdf,ppt,zip,xls,docx,pptx,xlsx","inbound_paths":"[{\"path\":\"\\\/go\\\/\",\"label\":\"affiliate\"},{\"path\":\"\\\/recommend\\\/\",\"label\":\"affiliate\"}]","home_url":"https:\/\/www.stagetext.org","hash_tracking":"false","v4_id":"G-53Z966CQ76"};/* ]]> */ 307</script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 307
307
308<script id="jquery-core-js" src="https://www.stagetext.org/wp/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1" data-rocket-defer defer></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 308
308
309<script id="jquery-migrate-js" src="https://www.stagetext.org/wp/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.1" data-rocket-defer defer></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 309
309
310<script id="sta-js-extra"> 311var sta_ajax_object = {"ajax_url":"https://www.stagetext.org/wp/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"}; 312//# sourceURL=sta-js-extra 313</script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 313
313
314<script id="sta-js" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/plugins/st-alerts/js/sta.js?ver=1.3.3" data-rocket-defer defer></script>
314 315<link rel="https://api.w.org/" href="https://www.stagetext.org/wp-json/" /><link rel="alternate" title="JSON" type="application/json" href="https://www.stagetext.org/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/63" /><link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://www.stagetext.org/wp/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> 316<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 7.1.2" /> 317<link rel='shortlink' href='https://www.stagetext.org/?p=63' /> 318<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/app/uploads/fbrfg/apple-touch-icon.png"> 319<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/app/uploads/fbrfg/favicon-32x32.png"> 320<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/app/uploads/fbrfg/favicon-16x16.png"> 321<link rel="manifest" href="/app/uploads/fbrfg/site.webmanifest"> 322<link rel="mask-icon" href="/app/uploads/fbrfg/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#5bbad5"> 323<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/app/uploads/fbrfg/favicon.ico"> 324<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#da532c"> 325<meta name="msapplication-config" content="/app/uploads/fbrfg/browserconfig.xml"> 326<meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff"> <style> 327 .algolia-search-highlight { 328 background-color: #fffbcc; 329 border-radius: 2px; 330 font-style: normal; 331 } 332 </style> 333 <noscript><style id="rocket-lazyload-nojs-css">.rll-youtube-player, [data-lazy-src]{display:none !important;}</style></noscript> 334
334<script defer src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/cdn.min.js"></script>
334 335
335<script type="text/javascript" src="//www.cookieconsent.com/releases/4.0.0/cookie-consent.js" charset="UTF-8" data-rocket-defer defer></script>
335 336
336<script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8"> 337 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () { 338 cookieconsent.run({"notice_banner_type":"simple","consent_type":"express","palette":"light","language":"en","page_load_consent_levels":["strictly-necessary"],"notice_banner_reject_button_hide":false,"preferences_center_close_button_hide":false}); 339 }); 340 </script>
340 341 <!-- Google Analytics --> 342
342<script type="text/plain" cookie-consent="tracking"> 343 var _gaq = _gaq || []; 344 _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-26391617-1']); 345 _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); 346 347 (function() { 348 var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; 349 ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; 350 var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); 351 })(); 352 </script>
352 353 <!-- end of Google Analytics--> 354 355 <!-- YouAccess Widget Code --> 356
356<script defer type="text/javascript" src = "data:text/javascript;base64,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"></script>
356 357 <!-- end of YouAccess Widget Code --> 358 359 <link data-minify="1" rel="preload" as="style" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/cache/min/1/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/assets/app-D7U_fnPU.css?ver=1790259195" /><link rel="modulepreload" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/assets/app-BIErvyML.js" /><link data-minify="1" rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/cache/min/1/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/assets/app-D7U_fnPU.css?ver=1790259195" />
359<script type="module" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/assets/app-BIErvyML.js" data-rocket-defer defer></script>
359<meta name="generator" content="WP Rocket 3.23.3.3" data-wpr-features="wpr_defer_js wpr_lazyload_iframes wpr_preconnect_external_domains wpr_oci wpr_minify_css wpr_cdn wpr_preload_links wpr_desktop" /></head> 360 <body class="wp-singular page-template-default page page-id-63 page-child parent-pageid-33 wp-theme-stagetext-sage11 js-inlinesvg about-stagetext"> 361 <div id="top"></div> 362 <div class="nav-wrap-mobile"> 363 <nav class="nav-primary"> 364 <div class="row justify-content-end align-items-center mobile-menu-topbar"> 365 <button aria-label="Close Menu Button" class="mobile-menu-toggler col-auto"> 366 <img class="close" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/close.svg" alt="Close Menu Icon"> 367 </button> 368</div> 369 370<div class="mobile-nav"> 371 <div class="mobile_container"><ul id="menu-main-menu" class="mobile_menu"><li id="menu-item-1175" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-1175"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/">Home</a></li> 372<li id="menu-item-1176" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1176"><a href="/whats-on">What’s On</a></li> 373<li id="menu-item-1370" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-1370"><a href="#">For Audiences</a> 374<ul class="sub-menu"> 375 <li id="menu-item-1178" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1178"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-audiences/theatre/">Theatre</a></li> 376 <li id="menu-item-1179" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1179"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-audiences/talks/">Talks</a></li> 377 <li id="menu-item-1180" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1180"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-audiences/online/">Online</a></li> 378</ul> 379</li> 380<li id="menu-item-1371" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-1371"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/">For Venues</a> 381<ul class="sub-menu"> 382 <li id="menu-item-13802" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-13802"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/stagetext-plus/">Stagetext +</a></li> 383 <li id="menu-item-1182" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1182"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/theatre-captioning/">Theatres</a></li> 384 <li id="menu-item-15167" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15167"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/live-subtitles-for-events/">Live Subtitles</a></li> 385 <li id="menu-item-1184" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1184"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/making-your-online-work-accessible/">Online</a></li> 386 <li id="menu-item-10543" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10543"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/deaf-awareness-training-by-stagetext/">Training</a></li> 387 <li id="menu-item-1186" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1186"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/resources/">Resources</a></li> 388</ul> 389</li> 390<li id="menu-item-1372" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-1372"><a href="#">Support Us</a> 391<ul class="sub-menu"> 392 <li id="menu-item-11266" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-11266"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/support-us/donate/">Donate</a></li> 393 <li id="menu-item-14230" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-14230"><a href="https://stagetext.teemill.com/">Shop</a></li> 394 <li id="menu-item-1189" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1189"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/support-us/fundraise/">Fundraise</a></li> 395 <li id="menu-item-1190" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1190"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/support-us/get-involved/">Get Involved</a></li> 396</ul> 397</li> 398<li id="menu-item-1193" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1193"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/news/">News</a></li> 399<li id="menu-item-1373" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom current-menu-ancestor current-menu-parent menu-item-has-children menu-item-1373"><a href="#">About Us</a> 400<ul class="sub-menu"> 401 <li id="menu-item-1195" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-63 current_page_item menu-item-1195"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/about-stagetext/" aria-current="page">About Stagetext</a></li> 402 <li id="menu-item-14907" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14907"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/our-impact/">Our Impact</a></li> 403 <li id="menu-item-3158" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3158"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/working-for-stagetext/">Working for Stagetext</a></li> 404 <li id="menu-item-1197" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1197"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/our-team/">Our Team</a></li> 405 <li id="menu-item-1467" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1467"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/our-trustees/">Our Trustees</a></li> 406 <li id="menu-item-14569" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14569"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/patron/">Patron</a></li> 407 <li id="menu-item-14946" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14946"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/who-we-work-with/">Who we work with</a></li> 408 <li id="menu-item-1201" class="nav-title menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1201"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/faqs/">FAQs</a></li> 409 <li id="menu-item-16078" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16078"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/in-their-own-words/">Testimonials</a></li> 410 <li id="menu-item-6512" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6512"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/support-us/archive-project/">Captions Speak Louder I Archive and exhibition</a></li> 411 <li id="menu-item-1200" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1200"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/contact-us/">Contact Us</a></li> 412</ul> 413</li> 414</ul></div> 415 <div class="py-5 row justify-content-center"> 416 <div class="col"> 417 <form role="search" method="get" class="search-form" action="https://www.stagetext.org/"> 418 <label class="px-3 m-0 w-100">
419 <span class="screen-reader-text">Search for:</span> 420 <input 421 type="search" id="search" class="search-field w-100" 422 placeholder="Keyword search_" 423 value="" name="s" 424 title="Search for:" 425 /> 426 427 <button aria-label="Search Submit Button" class="mr-3 img-wrap"><img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/spyglass-circle.svg" alt="Search Icon"></button> 428 </label> 429 </form> 430 </div> 431 </div> 432</div> </nav> 433</div> 434 435<div class="header-top-wrap"> 436 <header class="top-bar container"> 437 <div class="row"> 438 <div class="col brand__col d-flex align-items-center justify-content-start"> 439 <a class="brand d-inline-flex align-items-center" 440 href="https://www.stagetext.org/"> 441 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2025/07/ST_logo_25.svg" 442 class="head-logo" 443 alt="Stagetext"> 444 </a> 445 </div> 446 <div class="header__search d-flex align-items-center col-auto"> 447 <form role="search" 448 method="get" 449 class="search-form mr-3" 450 action="https://www.stagetext.org/"> 451 <label> 452 <span class="screen-reader-text">Search for:</span> 453 <input type="search" 454 id="search" 455 class="search-field focus__outline--medium-grey" 456 placeholder="Keyword searchâ¦" 457 value="" 458 name="s" 459 title="Search for:" /> 460 461 <button class="img-wrap focus__outline--medium-grey focus__scale--110" 462 type="submit" 463 value="Search" 464 aria-label="Submit Search Button"> 465 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/spyglass.svg" 466 alt="Search Icon"> 467 <span class="screen-reader-text">Submit Search</span> 468 </button> 469 </label> 470 </form> 471 472 <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/onecheckout/donation/direct/charity/3174827" 473 target="_blank" 474 class="d-none d-lg-inline-flex btn btn--purple btn__arrow align-self-center mr-3"> 475 Donate 476 </a> 477 478 <a href="/about-us/contact-us/" 479 target="_blank" 480 class="d-none d-lg-inline-flex btn btn--black btn__arrow align-self-center mr-3" 481 style="color: #fff;"> 482 Contact us 483 </a> 484 485 <button class="mobile-menu-toggler px-0 py-2" 486 aria-label="Mobile Menu Button"> 487 Menu 488 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/burger-menu.svg" 489 alt="Mobile Menu Icon"> 490 </button> 491 492 </div> 493 </div> 494 </header> 495 496 <div class="nav-wrap"> 497 <nav class="nav-primary container"> 498 499 <div class="header-nav" id="navWrapper"> 500 <div class="nav_container"><ul id="menu-main-menu-1" class="nav_menu"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-1175"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/">Home</a></li> 501<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1176"><a href="/whats-on">What’s On</a></li> 502<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-1370"><a href="#">For Audiences</a> 503<ul class="sub-menu"> 504 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1178">
504<a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-audiences/theatre/">Theatre</a></li> 505 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1179"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-audiences/talks/">Talks</a></li> 506 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1180"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-audiences/online/">Online</a></li> 507</ul> 508</li> 509<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-1371"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/">For Venues</a> 510<ul class="sub-menu"> 511 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-13802"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/stagetext-plus/">Stagetext +</a></li> 512 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1182"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/theatre-captioning/">Theatres</a></li> 513 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15167"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/live-subtitles-for-events/">Live Subtitles</a></li> 514 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1184"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/making-your-online-work-accessible/">Online</a></li> 515 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10543"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/deaf-awareness-training-by-stagetext/">Training</a></li> 516 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1186"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/resources/">Resources</a></li> 517</ul> 518</li> 519<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-1372"><a href="#">Support Us</a> 520<ul class="sub-menu"> 521 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-11266"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/support-us/donate/">Donate</a></li> 522 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-14230"><a href="https://stagetext.teemill.com/">Shop</a></li> 523 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1189"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/support-us/fundraise/">Fundraise</a></li> 524 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1190"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/support-us/get-involved/">Get Involved</a></li> 525</ul> 526</li> 527<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1193"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/news/">News</a></li> 528<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom current-menu-ancestor current-menu-parent menu-item-has-children menu-item-1373"><a href="#">About Us</a> 529<ul class="sub-menu"> 530 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-63 current_page_item menu-item-1195"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/about-stagetext/" aria-current="page">About Stagetext</a></li> 531 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14907"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/our-impact/">Our Impact</a></li> 532 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3158"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/working-for-stagetext/">Working for Stagetext</a></li> 533 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1197"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/our-team/">Our Team</a></li> 534 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1467"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/our-trustees/">Our Trustees</a></li> 535 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14569"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/patron/">Patron</a></li> 536 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14946"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/who-we-work-with/">Who we work with</a></li> 537 <li class="nav-title menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1201"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/faqs/">FAQs</a></li> 538 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16078"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/in-their-own-words/">Testimonials</a></li> 539 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6512"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/support-us/archive-project/">Captions Speak Louder I Archive and exhibition</a></li> 540 <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1200"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/contact-us/">Contact Us</a></li> 541</ul> 542</li> 543</ul></div> 544 <span id="navBar"></span> 545</div> </nav> 546 </div> 547</div> 548 549 <main class="header-margin"> 550 <div class="header-wrap "> 551 <div class="container"> 552 <div class="py-3 row justify-content-between align-items-center"> 553 <div class="col"> 554 <div class="small"><p id="breadcrumbs"><span><span><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/">Home</a></span> > <span><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/">About Us</a></span> > <span class="breadcrumb_last" aria-current="page">About Stagetext</span></span></p></div> 555 </div> 556 </div> 557 558 <div class="row justify-content-between align-items-end pb-3"> 559 <div class="col-auto"> 560 <div class="mb-1 parent-title">About Us</div> 561 <h1 class="mb-0">About Stagetext</h1> 562 </div> 563 <div class="col-auto mt-4 mb-1"> 564 <div class="d-flex align-items-center"> 565 <div class="small mr-3 mr-md-4">Follow us</div> 566 <ul class="socials d-flex list-unstyled mb-0"> 567 <li class="socials__item"> 568 <a class="socials__link" href="https://www.facebook.com/STAGETEXT/" target="_blank"> 569 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/facebook-f.svg" alt="" data-inline-svg>
570 <span class="screen-reader-text">Facebook</span> 571 </a> 572 </li> 573 <li class="socials__item"> 574 <a class="socials__link" href="https://www.instagram.com/stagetext.insta/?hl=en" target="_blank"> 575 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/instagram.svg" alt="" data-inline-svg> 576 <span class="screen-reader-text">Instagram</span> 577 </a> 578 </li> 579 <li class="socials__item"> 580 <a class="socials__link" href="https://bsky.app/profile/stagetext.bsky.social" target="_blank"> 581 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/bluesky.svg" alt="" data-inline-svg> 582 <span class="screen-reader-text">Bluesky</span> 583 </a> 584 </li> 585 <li class="socials__item"> 586 <a class="socials__link" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvNfNygNJn7fj0R5n-cqUUA" target="_blank"> 587 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/youtube.svg" alt="" data-inline-svg> 588 <span class="screen-reader-text">Youtube</span> 589 </a> 590 </li> 591 <li class="socials__item"> 592 <a class="socials__link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/stagetext" target="_blank"> 593 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/linkedin.svg" alt="" data-inline-svg> 594 <span class="screen-reader-text">Linkedin</span> 595 </a> 596 </li> 597 </ul> 598</div> 599 </div> 600 </div> 601 </div> 602</div> 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 <div class="page-header"> 610 <img fetchpriority="high" class="background-image" sizes="(min-width: 0px) 100vw" 611 srcset="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/02/29-About-Us-About-Stagetext-Main-Image-aspect-ratio-360-200.png 1000w, https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/09/Mercutio_pic_for_web1-scaled-aspect-ratio-1600-450-scaled.jpg 1600w" 612 src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/09/Mercutio_pic_for_web1-scaled-aspect-ratio-1600-450-scaled.jpg" alt="About Stagetext"> 613 </div> 614 <div class="flexible"> 615 <div class="one-column position-relative pad-top-5 pad-bottom-5" style="background-color: ; color: !important;"> 616 <div class="container"> 617 <div class="row"> 618 <div class="col-12 col-xl-6 pr-xl-5"> 619 <p class="lead font-poppins">We are Stagetext, a deaf-led charity. We are passionate about making the arts a more welcoming and accessible place through text-based deaf access such as <span data-contrast="auto">captions for theatre and subtitles for live events and digital content.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">Â </span></p> 620<p class="lead font-poppins">18 million adults in the UK are deaf, deafened or hard of hearing. This means 1 in 3 of us can benefit<span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr"> from subtitles and captions</span> to experience the joy of live theatre, to sing along with our favourite musicals, to take guided tours around museums, or to see our favourite authors speak at festivals. <span data-contrast="auto">Here’s what they’ve said <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/in-their-own-words/">in their own words</a>.</span> </span></p> 621 622 </div> 623 624 <div class="col-12 col-xl-6 pl-xl-5"> 625 <p class="lead font-poppins">We make these experiences possible. Using our two decades of experience, we employ the latest technology and set the highest standards in access, to give everyone a complete and equal experience of the arts.</p> 626<p class="lead font-poppins">Our founders knew how isolating it can be when you’re forced to be left out. We never want anyone to feel that way again.</p> 627 628 </div> 629 </div> 630 </div> 631 632</div> 633 <div class="one-column position-relative pad-top-5 pad-bottom-5" style="background-color: #121b21; color: #ffffff !important;"> 634 <div class="container"> 635 <div class="row"> 636 <div class="col-12 col-xl-6 pr-xl-5"> 637 <h2>Our story</h2> 638<p>For Peter Pullan, attending the UK’s first ever captioned theatre performance was “like day and night” compared to his previous experiences. It was 1999, and he settled down with his friends Merfyn Williams and Geoff Brown at The Barbican when a US company travelled over to caption Antony and Cleopatra.</p> 639<p>As well as sharing a love of theatre, Peter, Merfyn and Geoff all had different types of deafness. While many would take a trip to the theatre for granted, this was the first time that Peter could comfortably follow the plot, the dialogue, and subtle nuances of the actors’ performances at the same time.</p> 640<p>This first glimpse of what accessibility could look like unlocked something wonderful for the three friends. They wanted to share their transformative experience with deaf audiences all over the country.</p> 641<p>Antony and Cleopatra had been part of an accessible arts tour organised by the League for the Hard of Hearing, a US organisation that had already run successful c
641aptioned performances in New York. Should Peter, Merfyn, and Geoff invite the League back, convince a UK theatre to take the lead, or take matters into their own hands?</p> 642<p>They chose the latter, and in May 2000 Stagetext was born.</p> 643 644 </div> 645 646 <div class="col-12 col-xl-6 pl-xl-5"> 647 <p>Our co-founders worked fast: they imported technology from the States; hired our first captioner, Lynn Jackson; and set to work around the kitchen table to make change happen.</p> 648<p>Six months on, they were <a href="https://www.stagetext.org/news/nerves-and-excitement-before-stagetexts-pioneering-show/">captioning their first show</a>: The Duchess of Malfi, fittingly staged at The Barbican, where it all began. That performance on 15 November 2000 will always hold a place in our hearts, kick-starting two incredible decades of captioning â and counting.</p> 649<p>Since that memorable night, Stagetext has flourished. Through rigorous user testing, we developed a pioneering approach to accessible text formatting thatâs embraced by venues worldwide. We now caption over 300 theatre shows each year, and are breaking new ground to make museums, galleries, live events and online entertainment more accessible.</p> 650<p>But we’ll never forget those early days: if it wasn’t for Peter, Merfyn and Geoff dreaming big as they sat around their kitchen table, we’d never be where we are today.</p> 651<p>According to Peter, those game-changing captions during Antony and Cleopatra gave him a feeling of “tremendous excitement”. It’s stories like these â from audiences, supporters and venues â that show why our work matters. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dkk5XN4x_0"><em>You can watch Peter talking about that first experience here.</em></a></p> 652<p>Since 2020, we have been curating some of the best stories from Stagetext’s rich 20+ year history as part of an ongoing archive project.</p> 653<p><a href="/support-us/archive-project/" target="" class="btn btn--yellow btn__arrow btn__arrow-hover--black">Find Out More</a></p> 654<p>This year is our 25th year. Take a look back at the moments that shaped our journey so far.</p> 655<p><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/25-years-of-stagetext/" target="" class="btn btn--yellow btn__arrow btn__arrow-hover--black">25 years of Stagetext</a></p> 656 657 </div> 658 </div> 659 </div> 660 661</div> 662 <div class="one-column position-relative pad-top-2 pad-bottom-2" style="background-color: ; color: !important;"> 663 <div class="container"> 664 665 666 <div class="bottom__row row"> 667 <div class="mb-4 col-12 col-lg-4"> 668 <p><a href="https://www.ecl.org/"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-14468 " src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2026/01/2-Modern-Aesthetic-Circle-Monogram-Logo.svg" alt="" width="235" height="235" /></a></p> 669<p>We’re members of the Sensory Action Alliance, working alongside organisations across the UK to champion accessible arts and culture.</p> 670 671 </div> 672 673 <div class="mb-4 col-12 col-lg-4"> 674 <p><a href="https://www.theheritagealliance.org.uk/"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-15626" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2026/04/THA_members_logo-300x211.jpg" alt="" width="364" height="256" srcset="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2026/04/THA_members_logo-300x211.jpg 300w, https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2026/04/THA_members_logo.jpg 694w" sizes="(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px" /></a></p> 675 676 </div> 677 678 <div class="mb-4 col-12 col-lg-4"> 679 <p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-14852" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2026/02/Advisor-Member2025-300x290.png" alt="" width="278" height="269" srcset="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2026/02/Advisor-Member2025-300x290.png 300w, https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2026/02/Advisor-Member2025-1024x991.png 1024w, https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2026/02/Advisor-Member2025-768x744.png 768w, https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2026/02/Advisor-Member2025.png 1039w" sizes="(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px" /></p> 680 681 </div> 682 </div> 683 </div> 684 685</div> 686 <div class="gallery pad-top-5 pad-bottom-5" style="background-color: #f1efed; color: !important;"> 687 <div class="container"> 688 <div class="row justify-content-between align-content-center mb-4"> 689 <div class="col"> 690 <h2 class="mb-0">Gallery</h2> 691 </div>
692 <div class="col-auto custom-controls events focus__outline--medium-grey focus__scale--110"> 693 <button class="bg-transparent border-0 mr-2"> 694 <span class="screen-reader-text">Previous Slide</span> 695 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/circle-arrow-left-dark.svg" alt=""> 696 </button> 697 <button class="bg-transparent border-0"> 698 <span class="screen-reader-text">Next Slide</span> 699 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/circle-arrow-right-dark.svg" alt=""> 700 </button> 701 </div> 702 </div> 703 704 <div class="row"> 705 <div class="col"> 706 <div class="gallery-container"> 707 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/06/14.1-About-Us-Founders-Image.jpg"> 708 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/06/14.1-About-Us-Founders-Image-600x400.jpg" alt="A happy group photo of StageTexts founders" /> 709 <span class="screen-reader-text">A happy group photo of StageTexts founders - Image 1 of 12</span> 710 </a> 711 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/10/03-The-House-The-Greenwich-and-Docklands-e1633290314705.jpg"> 712 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/10/03-The-House-The-Greenwich-and-Docklands-e1633290314705-600x400.jpg" alt="" /> 713 <span class="screen-reader-text">Image 2 of 12</span> 714 </a> 715 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/06/archive-image.png"> 716 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/06/archive-image-600x400.png" alt="A collage of newpaper articles & theatre tickets" /> 717 <span class="screen-reader-text">A collage of newpaper articles & theatre tickets - Image 3 of 12</span> 718 </a> 719 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/02/07-For-Audiences-Talks-How-it-works.png"> 720 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/02/07-For-Audiences-Talks-How-it-works-600x400.png" alt="" /> 721 <span class="screen-reader-text">Image 4 of 12</span> 722 </a> 723 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/02/31-Press-and-Media-Interview.png"> 724 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/02/31-Press-and-Media-Interview-600x400.png" alt="" /> 725 <span class="screen-reader-text">Image 5 of 12</span> 726 </a> 727 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/Oliver_02.jpg"> 728 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/Oliver_02-600x400.jpg" alt="Oliver working on laptop" /> 729 <span class="screen-reader-text">Oliver working on laptop - Image 6 of 12</span> 730 </a> 731 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/02/29-About-Us-About-Stagetext-Main-Image.png"> 732 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/02/29-About-Us-About-Stagetext-Main-Image-600x400.png" alt="" /> 733 <span class="screen-reader-text">Image 7 of 12</span> 734 </a> 735 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/CAW_Birthday_2.jpeg"> 736 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/CAW_Birthday_2-600x400.jpeg" alt="" />
737 <span class="screen-reader-text">Image 8 of 12</span> 738 </a> 739 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2be73794-db2d-4d55-983d-747440306e08.png"> 740 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2be73794-db2d-4d55-983d-747440306e08-600x400.png" alt="" /> 741 <span class="screen-reader-text">Image 9 of 12</span> 742 </a> 743 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/Archive_Items.jpg"> 744 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/Archive_Items-600x400.jpg" alt="" /> 745 <span class="screen-reader-text">Image 10 of 12</span> 746 </a> 747 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/Full_Signing_-_with_caption-scaled.jpg"> 748 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/Full_Signing_-_with_caption-600x400.jpg" alt="" /> 749 <span class="screen-reader-text">Image 11 of 12</span> 750 </a> 751 <a data-fancybox="gallery" data-caption="" href="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/STAGETEXT_GANG_2003_-_with_caption.jpg"> 752 <img class="img-fluid mb-1" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2020/11/STAGETEXT_GANG_2003_-_with_caption-600x400.jpg" alt="" /> 753 <span class="screen-reader-text">Image 12 of 12</span> 754 </a> 755 </div> 756 </div> 757 </div> 758 </div> 759 </div> 760 </div> 761 </main> 762 763 764 <footer class="content-info"> 765 <div class="newsletter-wrap mt-lg-0 mt-5"> 766 <div class="container"> 767 <div class="newsletter overflow-hidden"> 768 <div class="row align-items-center align-items-between"> 769 <div class="col-12 col-lg"> 770 <div class="text"> 771 Sign up to our newsletter for event and news updates 772 </div> 773 </div> 774 <div class="col-12 col-lg-auto"> 775 776 <button aria-label="Sign Up Button" 777 class="btn btn--black btn__arrow btn__arrow-hover--black mt-lg-0 mt-4" 778 data-fancybox="dialog" data-src="#signup-modal">Sign up here</button> 779 780 781 <div id="signup-modal" style="display:none;" x-data="{ 782 options: [ 783 { id: 'formWhatsNew', name: 'To receive What\'s New, news and updates for audiences' }, 784 { id: 'formCaptions', name: 'To receive Captions Speak Louder, news and updates for arts professionals.' } 785 ], 786 selectedOptionID: 'formWhatsNew' 787 }"> 788 <section class="padded"> 789 <div class="container"> 790 <div class="row"> 791 <div class="col-12 flex justify-center"> 792 <h3 class="">Select your Newsletter Preference</h3> 793 </div> 794 <div 795 class="col-12 button-wrapper flex flex-col items-center justify-center"> 796 <template x-for="option in options" :key="option.id"> 797 <div> 798 <input x-model="selectedOptionID" class="hidden" type="radio" 799 :value="option.id.toString()" :id="option.name"> 800 <label class="" :class="" 801 :for="option.name" x-text="option.name"></label> 802 </div> 803 </template> 804 </div> 805 806 </div> 807 </div> 808 809 810 <div id="newsletter" class="signup" x-show="selectedOptionID === 'formWhatsNew'"> 811
811<script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.getresponse.com/view_webform_v2.js?u=hdHcJ&webforms_id=zrsMo" 812 data-webform-id="zrsMo" async></script>
812 813 </div> 814 815 816 <div id="newsletter2" class="signup" x-show="selectedOptionID === 'formCaptions'"> 817
817<script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.getresponse.com/view_webform_v2.js?u=hdHcJ&webforms_id=wQlP0" 818 data-webform-id="wQlP0" async></script>
818 819 </div> 820 </section> 821 </div> 822 </div> 823 </div> 824 825 826 <div class="bg-arrows w-100"> 827 <img class="d-none d-lg-block" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/elements/double-right-arrows-white.svg" alt="Arrows Icon"> 828 <img class="d-block d-lg-none" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/elements/double-down-arrows-white.svg" alt="Arrows Icon"> 829 </div> 830 </div> 831 </div> 832 </div> 833 <div class="container"> 834 <div class="row justify-content-center"> 835 <div class="col-12 col-sm-10 col-md-12"> 836 <div class="footer-content row align-items-center"> 837 <div class="col-12 col-md-7 order-1"> 838 <a class="d-inline-block my-4" href="/"> 839 <img class="footer-logo" src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2026/06/ST_logo_25_white.svg" alt="StageTEXT logo" 840 height="300" 841 width="300"> 842 </a> 843 </div> 844 845 <div class="col-12 col-md-5 order-md-2 order-3"> 846 <ul class="social d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between list-unstyled my-4"> 847 <li> 848 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/STAGETEXT/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/facebook-f.svg" 849 alt="" data-inline-svg> 850 <span class="screen-reader-text">Facebook</span> 851 </a> 852 </li> 853 <li> 854 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stagetext.insta/?hl=en" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/instagram.svg" 855 alt="" data-inline-svg> 856 <span class="screen-reader-text">Instagram</span> 857 </a> 858 </li> 859 <li> 860 <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/stagetext.bsky.social" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/bluesky.svg" 861 alt="" data-inline-svg> 862 <span class="screen-reader-text">Bluesky</span> 863 </a> 864 </li> 865 <li> 866 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvNfNygNJn7fj0R5n-cqUUA" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/youtube.svg" 867 alt="" data-inline-svg> 868 <span class="screen-reader-text">Youtube</span> 869 </a> 870 </li> 871 <li> 872 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/stagetext" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/icons/linkedin.svg" 873 alt="" data-inline-svg> 874 <span class="screen-reader-text">Linkedin</span> 875 </a> 876 </li> 877 </ul> 878 </div> 879 880 <div class="d-flex col-12 col-md-7 order-md-3 order-2 flex-wrap"> 881 <a class="d-inline-block my-3 mr-4" href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/" 882 target="_blank"> 883 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/uploads/2021/02/arts.svg" alt="">
884 <span class="sr-only">Arts Council England</span> 885 </a> 886 </div> 887 888 <div class="col-12 col-md-5 order-4 my-4"> 889 <div class="row flex-column flex-lg-row footer-menu"> 890 <div class="col-12 col-lg-6"> 891 <section class="widget nav_menu-2 widget_nav_menu"><div class="menu-footer-menu-1-container"><ul id="menu-footer-menu-1" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-16077" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16077"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/for-venues/">Caption Your Event</a></li> 892<li id="menu-item-2440" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2440"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/support-us/donate/">Support Us</a></li> 893<li id="menu-item-88" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-88"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/contact-us/">Contact Us</a></li> 894</ul></div></section> </div> 895 <div class="col-12 col-lg-6"> 896 <section class="widget nav_menu-3 widget_nav_menu"><div class="menu-footer-menu-2-container"><ul id="menu-footer-menu-2" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-89" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-89"><a href="https://www.stagetext.org/about-us/faqs/">FAQs</a></li> 897<li id="menu-item-90" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-90"><a href="/press-and-media">Press & Media</a></li> 898<li id="menu-item-91" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-91"><a href="/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a></li> 899</ul></div></section> </div> 900 </div> 901 </div> 902 903 <div class="col-12 col-md-7 order-5 my-4"> 904 <span class="copyright"> 905 <p class="mb-2">© Stagetext Ltd 2026 Stagetext is a registered trademark 906 </p> 907 <p class="m-0">Registered Charity No. 1084300 Stagetext, Mercury Theatre, Balkerne Gate, Colchester, CO1 1PT</p> 908 </span> 909 </div> 910 911 <div class="col-12 col-md-5 order-6 my-4"> 912 <div class="row justify-content-between"> 913 <div class="col-12 col-md-6"> 914 <a class="created-by-fever" href="https://thisisfever.co.uk" target="_blank" 915 rel="noopener noreferrer"> 916 <img src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/public/build/images/elements/created-by-fever.svg" alt="Created by Fever"> 917 <span class="screen-reader-text">This Is Fever Creative Agency</span> 918 </a> 919 </div> 920 <div class="col-6 d-none d-md-block"> 921 <a class="to-top" href="#top">Back to top</a> 922 </div> 923 </div> 924 </div> 925 </div> 926 </div> 927 </div> 928 </div> 929</footer> 930 931 932
932<script type="speculationrules"> 933{"prefetch":[{"source":"document","where":{"and":[{"href_matches":"/*"},{"not":{"href_matches":["/wp/wp-*.php","/wp/wp-admin/*","/app/uploads/*","/app/*","/app/plugins/*","/app/themes/stagetext-sage11/*","/*\\?(.+)"]}},{"not":{"selector_matches":"a[rel~=\"nofollow\"]"}},{"not":{"selector_matches":".no-prefetch, .no-prefetch a"}}]},"eagerness":"conservative"}]} 934</script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 934
934
935<script id="rocket-browser-checker-js-after"> 936"use strict";var _createClass=function(){function defineProperties(target,props){for(var i=0;i<props.length;i++){var descriptor=props[i];descriptor.enumerable=descriptor.enumerable||!1,descriptor.configurable=!0,"value"in descriptor&&(descriptor.writable=!0),Object.defineProperty(target,descriptor.key,descriptor)}}return function(Constructor,protoProps,staticProps){return protoProps&&defineProperties(Constructor.prototype,protoProps),staticProps&&defineProperties(Constructor,staticProps),Constructor}}();function _classCallCheck(instance,Constructor){if(!(instance instanceof Constructor))throw new TypeError("Cannot call a class as a function")}var RocketBrowserCompatibilityChecker=function(){function RocketBrowserCompatibilityChecker(options){_classCallCheck(this,RocketBrowserCompatibilityChecker),this.passiveSupported=!1,this._checkPassiveOption(this),this.options=!!this.passiveSupported&&options}return _createClass(RocketBrowserCompatibilityChecker,[{key:"_checkPassiveOption",value:function(self){try{var options={get passive(){return!(self.passiveSupported=!0)}};window.addEventListener("test",null,options),window.removeEventListener("test",null,options)}catch(err){self.passiveSupported=!1}}},{key:"initRequestIdleCallback",value:function(){!1 in window&&(window.requestIdleCallback=function(cb){var start=Date.now();return setTimeout(function(){cb({didTimeout:!1,timeRemaining:function(){return Math.max(0,50-(Date.now()-start))}})},1)}),!1 in window&&(window.cancelIdleCallback=function(id){return clearTimeout(id)})}},{key:"isDataSaverModeOn",value:function(){return"connection"in navigator&&!0===navigator.connection.saveData}},{key:"supportsLinkPrefetch",value:function(){var elem=document.createElement("link");return elem.relList&&elem.relList.supports&&elem.relList.supports("prefetch")&&window.IntersectionObserver&&"isIntersecting"in IntersectionObserverEntry.prototype}},{key:"isSlowConnection",value:function(){return"connection"in navigator&&"effectiveType"in navigator.connection&&("2g"===navigator.connection.effectiveType||"slow-2g"===navigator.connection.effectiveType)}}]),RocketBrowserCompatibilityChecker}(); 937//# sourceURL=rocket-browser-checker-js-after 938</script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 938
938
939<script id="rocket-preload-links-js-extra"> 940var RocketPreloadLinksConfig = {"excludeUris":"/whats-on/|/whats-on/page/|/(?:.+/)?feed(?:/(?:.+/?)?)?$|/(?:.+/)?embed/|/(index.php/)?(.*)wp-json(/.*|$)|/refer/|/go/|/recommend/|/recommends/","usesTrailingSlash":"1","imageExt":"jpg|jpeg|gif|png|tiff|bmp|webp|avif|pdf|doc|docx|xls|xlsx|php","fileExt":"jpg|jpeg|gif|png|tiff|bmp|webp|avif|pdf|doc|docx|xls|xlsx|php|html|htm","siteUrl":"https://www.stagetext.org","onHoverDelay":"100","rateThrottle":"3"}; 941//# sourceURL=rocket-preload-links-js-extra 942</script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 942
942
943<script id="rocket-preload-links-js-after"> 944(function() { 945"use strict";var r="function"==typeof Symbol&&"symbol"==typeof Symbol.iterator?function(e){return typeof e}:function(e){return e&&"function"==typeof Symbol&&e.constructor===Symbol&&e!==Symbol.prototype?"symbol":typeof e},e=function(){function i(e,t){for(var n=0;n<t.length;n++){var i=t[n];i.enumerable=i.enumerable||!1,i.configurable=!0,"value"in i&&(i.writable=!0),Object.defineProperty(e,i.key,i)}}return function(e,t,n){return t&&i(e.prototype,t),n&&i(e,n),e}}();function i(e,t){if(!(e instanceof t))throw new TypeError("Cannot call a class as a function")}var t=function(){function n(e,t){i(this,n),this.browser=e,this.config=t,this.options=this.browser.options,this.prefetched=new Set,this.eventTime=null,this.threshold=1111,this.numOnHover=0}return e(n,[{key:"init",value:function(){!this.browser.supportsLinkPrefetch()||this.browser.isDataSaverModeOn()||this.browser.isSlowConnection()||(this.regex={excludeUris:RegExp(this.config.excludeUris,"i"),images:RegExp(".("+this.config.imageExt+")$","i"),fileExt:RegExp(".("+this.config.fileExt+")$","i")},this._initListeners(this))}},{key:"_initListeners",value:function(e){-1<this.config.onHoverDelay&&document.addEventListener("mouseover",e.listener.bind(e),e.listenerOptions),document.addEventListener("mousedown",e.listener.bind(e),e.listenerOptions),document.addEventListener("touchstart",e.listener.bind(e),e.listenerOptions)}},{key:"listener",value:function(e){var t=e.target.closest("a"),n=this._prepareUrl(t);if(null!==n)switch(e.type){case"mousedown":case"touchstart":this._addPrefetchLink(n);break;case"mouseover":this._earlyPrefetch(t,n,"mouseout")}}},{key:"_earlyPrefetch",value:function(t,e,n){var i=this,r=setTimeout(function(){if(r=null,0===i.numOnHover)setTimeout(function(){return i.numOnHover=0},1e3);else if(i.numOnHover>i.config.rateThrottle)return;i.numOnHover++,i._addPrefetchLink(e)},this.config.onHoverDelay);t.addEventListener(n,function e(){t.removeEventListener(n,e,{passive:!0}),null!==r&&(clearTimeout(r),r=null)},{passive:!0})}},{key:"_addPrefetchLink",value:function(i){return this.prefetched.add(i.href),new Promise(function(e,t){var n=document.createElement("link");n.rel="prefetch",n.href=i.href,n.onload=e,n.onerror=t,document.head.appendChild(n)}).catch(function(){})}},{key:"_prepareUrl",value:function(e){if(null===e||"object"!==(void 0===e?"undefined":r(e))||!1 in e||-1===["http:","https:"].indexOf(e.protocol))return null;var t=e.href.substring(0,this.config.siteUrl.length),n=this._getPathname(e.href,t),i={original:e.href,protocol:e.protocol,origin:t,pathname:n,href:t+n};return this._isLinkOk(i)?i:null}},{key:"_getPathname",value:function(e,t){var n=t?e.substring(this.config.siteUrl.length):e;return n.startsWith("/")||(n="/"+n),this._shouldAddTrailingSlash(n)?n+"/":n}},{key:"_shouldAddTrailingSlash",value:function(e){return this.config.usesTrailingSlash&&!e.endsWith("/")&&!this.regex.fileExt.test(e)}},{key:"_isLinkOk",value:function(e){return null!==e&&"object"===(void 0===e?"undefined":r(e))&&(!this.prefetched.has(e.href)&&e.origin===this.config.siteUrl&&-1===e.href.indexOf("?")&&-1===e.href.indexOf("#")&&!this.regex.excludeUris.test(e.href)&&!this.regex.images.test(e.href))}}],[{key:"run",value:function(){"undefined"!=typeof RocketPreloadLinksConfig&&new n(new RocketBrowserCompatibilityChecker({capture:!0,passive:!0}),RocketPreloadLinksConfig).init()}}]),n}();t.run(); 946}()); 947 948//# sourceURL=rocket-preload-links-js-after 949</script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 949
949
950<script id="addThis.js-js" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-5fa2a842ff96ac3f" data-rocket-defer defer></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 950
950
951<script>window.lazyLoadOptions={elements_selector:"iframe[data-lazy-src]",data_src:"lazy-src",data_srcset:"lazy-srcset",data_sizes:"lazy-sizes",class_loading:"lazyloading",class_loaded:"lazyloaded",threshold:300,callback_loaded:function(element){if(element.tagName==="IFRAME"&&element.dataset.rocketLazyload=="fitvidscompatible"){if(element.classList.contains("lazyloaded")){if(typeof window.jQuery!="undefined"){if(jQuery.fn.fitVids){jQuery(element).parent().fitVids()}}}}}};window.addEventListener('LazyLoad::Initialized',function(e){var lazyLoadInstance=e.detail.instance;if(window.MutationObserver){var observer=new MutationObserver(function(mutations){var image_count=0;var iframe_count=0;var rocketlazy_count=0;mutations.forEach(function(mutation){for(var i=0;i<mutation.addedNodes.length;i++){if(typeof mutation.addedNodes[i].getElementsByTagName!=='function'){continue} 952if(typeof mutation.addedNodes[i].getElementsByClassName!=='function'){continue} 953images=mutation.addedNodes[i].getElementsByTagName('img');is_image=mutation.addedNodes[i].tagName=="IMG";iframes=mutation.addedNodes[i].getElementsByTagName('iframe');is_iframe=mutation.addedNodes[i].tagName=="IFRAME";rocket_lazy=mutation.addedNodes[i].getElementsByClassName('rocket-lazyload');image_count+=images.length;iframe_count+=iframes.length;rocketlazy_count+=rocket_lazy.length;if(is_image){image_count+=1} 954if(is_iframe){iframe_count+=1}}});if(image_count>0||iframe_count>0||rocketlazy_count>0){lazyLoadInstance.update()}});var b=document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];var config={childList:!0,subtree:!0};observer.observe(b,config)}},!1)</script>
954<script data-no-minify="1" async src="https://www.stagetext.org/app/plugins/wp-rocket/assets/js/lazyload/17.8.3/lazyload.min.js"></script>
954<script>function lazyLoadThumb(e,alt,l){var t='<img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ID/hqdefault.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="360">',a='<button class="play" aria-label="Play Youtube video"></button>';if(l){t=t.replace('data-lazy-','');t=t.replace('loading="lazy"','');t=t.replace(/<noscript>.*?<\/noscript>/g,'');}t=t.replace('alt=""','alt="'+alt+'"');return t.replace("ID",e)+a}function lazyLoadYoutubeIframe(){var e=document.createElement("iframe"),t="ID?autoplay=1";t+=0===this.parentNode.dataset.query.length?"":"&"+this.parentNode.dataset.query;e.setAttribute("src",t.replace("ID",this.parentNode.dataset.src)),e.setAttribute("frameborder","0"),e.setAttribute("allowfullscreen","1"),e.setAttribute("allow","accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"),this.parentNode.parentNode.replaceChild(e,this.parentNode)}document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){var exclusions=[];var e,t,p,u,l,a=document.getElementsByClassName("rll-youtube-player");for(t=0;t<a.length;t++)(e=document.createElement("div")),(u='https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ID/hqdefault.jpg'),(u=u.replace('ID',a[t].dataset.id)),(l=exclusions.some(exclusion=>u.includes(exclusion))),e.setAttribute("data-id",a[t].dataset.id),e.setAttribute("data-query",a[t].dataset.query),e.setAttribute("data-src",a[t].dataset.src),(e.innerHTML=lazyLoadThumb(a[t].dataset.id,a[t].dataset.alt,l)),a[t].appendChild(e),(p=e.querySelector(".play")),(p.onclick=lazyLoadYoutubeIframe)});</script>
954
954<script type="module" src="https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/v31edd6df95cf4e85bb4c19e7a9bdbcba1788362987495" integrity="sha512-iIg7k2xntmwu6/uSb5tpc/hySgZc4eoL31yB29W6tJFo2akwjPWcEqnCEdJvGexCL0KEQwVYv5BlowfhVz26hg==" data-cf-beacon='{"version":"2024.11.0","token":"52abd86a20a94855a200e7b3f95fb040","r":1,"spa":2}' crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
954 955</body> 956</html>
Line numbers count LF bytes from the start of the resource, as the search results do. Vendor segments are library code the classifier recognised; they are stored but not indexed. Bytes are shown as Latin1 characters, one per byte.