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Already Using QLab for Surtitles? Send the Same Cues to Audience Phones
Keep QLab as your main show-control workspace while sending the same prepared surtitles to connected audience phones—without adding a second operator or a second live cue sequence.
How to Make QLab Subtitles Fast from Excel, CSV, or TXT
A practical QLab 5 workflow for creating subtitle and surtitle Text cues from spreadsheets or plain text, plus the boundary between DIY automation, a QLab Projection Pack, and operator-armed Viewer sync.
How to Export a Translated Play Script for International Submission
A practical workflow for reviewing and exporting a translated theatre script as a Word document—without confusing a readable handoff with a finished literary translation.
Fringe Captions & Surtitles Support for Independent Theatre in 2026
Selected Fringe companies performing from July to September 2026 can apply for 14 days of complimentary SurtitleLive Pro access for prepared theatre captions and surtitles.
Does Your Edinburgh Fringe Show Need Captions or Surtitles?
A decision guide for non-English Edinburgh Fringe teams choosing between English surtitles, accessibility captions, projection mode, and mobile viewer delivery before tech rehearsal.
Translation as Hospitality: Welcoming Fringe Audiences Without Losing the Original Voice
A reflection for non-English Fringe companies on translation as hospitality: preserving artistic voice while designing honest, usable routes into the work.
How to Add English Surtitles to a Non-English Show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
A practical, human-led guide to preparing English surtitles for a non-English Fringe show: define the service, translate from the script, plan delivery, and rehearse live cueing.
Why Theatre Subtitle Software Should Parse Scripts Before Using AI
How SurtitleLive uses deterministic theatre script parsing, layout signals, archetype detection, and selective AI review to prepare editable subtitle and surtitle cue drafts.
Why Script Formatting Matters When Creating Theatre Surtitles
A practical explanation of how spacing, styles, punctuation, and document regions help turn a Word theatre script into a reviewable surtitle cue draft.
How to Create Theatre Surtitles with AI: A Reviewable Workflow Beyond PowerPoint
A practical, human-led workflow for turning a theatre script into editable, rehearsed surtitles—using AI where it saves time without giving it final authority.
AI Can Draft a Theatre Translation. Who Is Accountable for the Line on Stage?
A human-led approach to AI theatre translation: use models for speed, then review voice, context, readability, access needs, and live timing before any line reaches an audience.
Whose Language Leads? Surtitles, Artistic Agency, and Cultural Hospitality
Why theatre language access is more than translation: surtitles can welcome audiences into an original-language performance without asking the work to sound less like itself.
Reducing Theatre IP Risk: How SurtitleLive Handles Scripts and Translations
How SurtitleLive reduces casual copying risk with encrypted runtime segments, scoped viewer access, expiry windows, and revocation controls.
Projected or Mobile Surtitles? Choosing an Audience Delivery Path
Compare shared projection, BYOD mobile surtitles, and hybrid delivery for touring, heritage, and multilingual performance spaces—without treating one format as universally accessible.
PowerPoint Surtitles in Live Theatre: When Static Slides Stop Being Enough
PowerPoint can run a simple surtitle cue list. Learn when live theatre needs faster recovery, multilingual delivery, and a purpose-built operator workflow.