We are pleased to be able to share the news that there will be an additional two GoTheatrical captioned performances staged at the Arts Centre Melbourne in 2012. There will be a captioned performance of ’Sundowner’ on Saturday, 12 May 2012 at 2pm and a captioned performance of ‘The Laramie Project’ on Thursday, 24 May [...] Read more »
Andrew McKinnon & Canberra Theatre first in World to offer GoTheatrical! App to patrons
BREAKING NEWS! Thursday, 16 February 2012. It has just been announced that the first captioned performance in the world to offer patrons theatre captioning on smartphone and tablet devices will be Andrew McKinnon’s production of ‘Dickens’ Women’ at The Playhouse at the Canberra Theatre Centre! The Captioning Studio’s new, patented GoTheatrical! App, which was launched [...] Read more »
Federal Senator Jan McLucas’ speech at launch of our world-first theatre captioning App
The Captioning Studio’s Mobile App Launch The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre Tuesday 7 February 2012 I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting, and to pay my respects to their elders past and present. Thank you Joy [Joy Burch, ACT Minister for the Arts and Minister Community [...] Read more »
Our world-first theatre captioning App launches
Joint Media Release: Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities & Carers, the Hon. Senator Jan McLucas, and ACT Minister Joy Burch. World-first Technology Brings Theatre Alive for People with Hearing Impairment Tuesday, 07 February 2012 14:20 World-first technology will enable people who are deaf or hearing impaired to enjoy live theatre by accessing live captions on their [...] Read more »
Federal Minister To Officially Launch GoTheatrical! Mobile technology
SPECIAL EVENT ANNOUNCED TO OFFICIALLY LAUNCH GoTHEATRICAL! MOBILE The Captioning Studio and The Canberra Theatre Centre are delighted to announce today that a special event will be held on Tuesday, 7 February 2012 at 10am to celebrate the launch of The Captioning Studio’s new technology GoTheatrical! Mobile! The Federal Minister for Disability Reform, the Hon. [...] Read more »
The Captioning Studio Announces New Theatre Captioning Technology for iPhone and iPad
The Captioning Studio is pleased to announce its new Theatre Captioning service for 2012, ‘Go-Theatrical! Mobile™’. This patented technology will give patrons at participating venues the opportunity to access theatre captions on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, while captions are also provided simultaneously on plasma/LCD displays. The Go-Theatrical!™ theatre captioning technology and service launched [...] Read more »
GoTheatrical! presents at APACA National Conference
The Captioning Studio has given two presentations on GoTheatrical! theatre captioning at the recent annual conference of the Australian Performing Arts Centres Association (APACA). We extend a very special thank you to Kay Jamieson, Executive Producer of Brink Productions, and Brian Coghlan, Venue Services Manager, Frankston Arts Centre for participating in the panel discussions and [...] Read more »
Perth Festival Congratulates The Captioning Studio – 19 Aug 2011
Media Release – Perth Festival congratulates The Captioning Studio – 19 Aug 2011 Perth International Arts Festival warmly congratulates our caption provider The Captioning Studio on their big win at The Deafness Forum 2011 National Captioning Awards in Sydney last night. The Captioning Studio took out the award for Best Event Captioning in Australia for [...] Read more »
National Award for GoTheatrical! Theatre Captioning
Media Release 19 August 2011 The Captioning Studio Wins National Captioning Award For GoTheatrical! Theatre Captioning The Captioning Studio has been awarded the Best Event Captioning in Australia Award for its GoTheatrical! Theatre Captioning service at the Deafness Forum 2011 National Captioning Awards held in Sydney last night. “We are thrilled to have received this [...] Read more »
Pamela Foulkes Writes In The Sunday Mail About Theatre Captioning
In Adelaide’s ’Sunday Mail’ newspaper dated 26 June 2011, an Adelaide resident complained that WICKED the Musical was not captioned in Australia, which meant that her daughter, who has a cochlear implant, was not able to fully experience and enjoy the show. She also commented that it was disappointing that no theatre captioning is available [...] Read more »