ABSTRACT
Article 27.1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 states that ‘[e]veryone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits’ (United Nations 1948). It is within this general framework that the current chapter will introduce and discuss two access services, namely captioning and surtitling for theatre and opera.
