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Disability in Musical Theatre
  • ISSN: 1750-3159
  • E-ISSN: 1750-3167

Abstract

What if captions ‘step up’, ‘speak’ and ‘tell’ their stories? This article discusses Jay Afrisando’s multifaceted performance , which premiered in May 2023. The work reimagines what captions, as ‘actors’, can do beyond functioning as communication conveyors and sound interpreters in audio-visual media, and celebrates the lives of captions that have been both cherished and hated. shifts the focus from humans – the users – to the lives of the objects themselves and considers multifaceted perspectives beyond what humans typically think about captions. The result is an artwork that brings accessibility, inner-imagined voices and creativity together, manifested in theatre, music, live film, translation, on-site captioning, interactive poetry, audience participation and educational work.

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