Hull Truck Theatre will host a Captions Speak Louder Exhibition from June 28 to July 24, the world’s first exhibition on open captioning in the arts.
This is an ever-evolving project that will exist online and as a touring exhibition, which will continue to add pieces of history and new stories as the art of captioning continues to develop.
Created by Stagetext, the deaf-led captioning charity, Captions Speak Louder guides visitors through the history of theatre captioning making performances accessible to deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing audiences. It is similar to subtitling on TV or film, but the captions are displayed on screens at the front of the stage.