captioning
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Captioning converts the spoken word on stage into text via two large screens positioned either side of the stage and so provides access to the performance for patrons with any degree of hearing loss.

The type of captioning used at the Queen's is called open captioning and can be used by all members of the audience.

Captioning can be useful for audience members with hearing loss, and also for plays where a strong regional dialogue is spoken, when action takes place off the stage and only voices are heard, and for audience members for whom English is not their first language.

Captions are shown on the two screens at the same time as the words are spoken or sung on stage. Sound effects and off-stage noises are also displayed. The text is controlled via a computer system by a captioner who is following the script , therefore keeping in time with the dialogue.

When booking tickets patrons do not have to let the Box Office know that they wish to use the captioning screens. However, patrons may wish to ask where best visibility of the screens is.

Captioned shows at the Queen's Theatre