We’re proud to support this year’s Captioning Awareness Week, led by Stagetext, a deaf-led charity bringing text-based deaf access to arts and culture through captions and subtitles.
This year is particularly special as Stagetext celebrates 25 years of championing deaf access across the UK. Since their first captioned performance in November 2000, they’ve helped make over a thousand captioned and subtitled events happen every year.
Here’s why it matters: 18 million adults in the UK are deaf, deafened, or hard of hearing. That’s one in three people who might struggle to enjoy theatre, musicals, museums, or festivals unless there are captions.
The Atkinson along with Stagetext are pleased to be supporting deaf access with our upcoming captioned show of Beauty and The Beast Pantomime on Tuesday 23 December 2025.
We’d love to see you there, book now so you don’t miss out: tickets here.