• The Lesson - Icarus Theatre Collective - Creative Captioning by Ben Glover. Photo Credit: Bernadett Ostorhazi
  • 4.48 Psychosis - Deafinitely Theatre - Creative Captioning by Paul Burgess. Photo credit: Becky Bailey
  • Oliver Twist - Leeds Playhouse/Ramps on Moon -Creative Captioning by Akhila Krishnan. Copyright Akhila Krishnan 
  • Reasons to be Cheerful - Graeae Theatre - Creative Captioning by Mark Haig. Photo credit: Patrick Baldwin

CREATIVE CAPTIONING IS MORE THAN JUST ACCESS

Creative captions offer an opportunity for deaf and hard of hearing audiences to more fully immerse themselves in a performance. Captions can appear on stage by being integrated with a set design matching the style of the show and reflect characterisation and tone.
ABOUT
A girl sitting on a stage with captions to her left designed to look like a bus stop

EXAMPLES

See a list of shows that have included creative captions with pictures.
EXAMPLES
A man signing in front of captions saying 1. Consider using creative captions early in your development

GUIDELINES

Thinking about using creative captions? Visit the guidelines page for more info.
GUIDELINES
A silhouette of a man standing in front of a wall of projected captions

RESOURCES

Recommended software, equipment, useful websites and more.
RESOURCES
The development of this project was supported by a bursary from Deafinitely Theatre thanks to the Arts Council and DCMS Culture Recovery Fund.
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