Accessible theatre for all with ‘Captioned Culture’

The Playhouse have included three new shows as part of the Captioned Culture season.
By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Aug 2013, 16:29 BST

The first is ‘Sea Lavender’ with captioning, as well as Irish and British Sign Language, which takes place on Saturday, October 12.

The second Captioned Culture event is ‘Clearing’ with captioning and signing, which takes place on Thursday, November 14.

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The last of the three is ‘Three Monologues’, also with captioning and signing, as well as audio description, on Thursday, December 12.

Book tickets for all three events at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk.#

Captions are similar to television subtitles. The actors’ words attear on a screen by the stage at the same time as they are spoken or sung. Sound effects and speaker names are also shown.

If strong accents, hearing loss or laughter over the lines puts you off theatre, then Captioned Theatre is for you.

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Captioning also complements the theatre’s loop system, which works when hearing aids are switched to the ‘T’ position.

Check with the Box Office to find out what the best seats are for reading captions.

Meanwhile, three captioned events are planned for the Millennium Forum.

On September 6 at 8.30pm the Rocky Horror Picture Show will be performed; on Friday, November 8 at 8pm Teenage Kicks will be staged (penned by Colin Bateman author of Divorcing Jack and Murphy’s Law), while on Friday, December 20, at 7.30pm, the family favourite Peter Pan will be staged and cpationed. It will also be captioned again on Friday, January 3 at the 2.30pm Matinee.