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. Jenny Macklin MP, will officially launch the world-first theatre captioning application, with the ACT Minister for the Arts & Disability, Joy Burch, hosting the event.

“We are incredibly excited about GoTheatrical! Mobile technology”, says Alex French, co-founder of The Captioning Studio.  “It gives patrons an opportunity to choose how they would like to access their captions – whether it be open captions (available on plasma or LCD screens) or closed captions (on tablet or mobile devices).”

“We are absolutely delighted that the Federal Minister for Disability Reform, the Hon. Jenny Macklin MP, will be officially launching the technology!”

The event will be held at the Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre.

Invitations are being sent out today.

More details coming soon!