Digital Theatre is a company that provides digital platforms for the arts. Founded by Robert Delamere and Tom Shaw and launched in London in 2009, the company produces and licenses high-definition films of stage productions that can be streamed on demand for both consumer and educational purposes.

In 2011, Digital Theatre's flagship digital educational platform Digital Theatre+ was launched, providing institutions around the world with access to productions and educational resources to support the teaching of English and Drama.

Digital Theatre was acquired by ScaleUp Capital (formerly Root Capital LLP) in 2015.[1] In 2019, former head of BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds Neelay Patel was appointed CEO.[2]

Partners

Digital Theatre partners with a number of major theatre companies to produce and license productions for the platform. Partners include Sonia Friedman Productions, Almeida Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, Royal Opera House, English Touring Theatre, Eclipse, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Old Vic and Frantic Assembly.[3]

Original productions

As well as licensing productions from partner companies, Digital Theatre also produces original live captures of stage productions in the UK.

Year Production Playwright Director Company Theatre Ref.
2009 Over There Mark Ravenhill Mark Ravenhill and Ramin Gray Royal Court Theatre Royal Court Theatre [4]
2009 The Container Clare Bayley Tom Wright Young Vic [5]
2009 The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Paul Hunter Royal Shakespeare Company and Told by an Idiot Clapham Community Project [6]
2009 Far from the Madding Crowd Adapted by Mark Healey Kate Saxon English Touring Theatre Yvonne Arnaud Theatre [7]
2010 Kafka's Monkey Adapted by Colin Teevan Walter Meierjohann Young Vic [8]
2010 Parlour Song Jez Butterworth Ian Rickson Almeida Theatre Almeida Theatre [9]
2011 All My Sons Arthur Miller Howard Davies Apollo Theatre [10]
2011 As You Like It William Shakespeare Michael Boyd Royal Shakespeare Company The Courtyard Theatre [11]
2011 Billy The Kid Michael Morpurgo Tony Graham Unicorn Theatre [12]
2011 Into The Woods Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine Timothy Sheader Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre [13]
2011 Lovesong Abi Morgan Scott Graham Frantic Assembly Lyric Hammersmith [14]
2011 Macbeth William Shakespeare Gemma Bodinetz Everyman Theatre, Liverpool [15]
2011 Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Josie Rourke Sonia Friedman Productions Wyndham's Theatre [16]
2012 King Lear William Shakespeare Michael Attenborough Almeida Theatre Almeida Theatre [17]
2012 Long Day’s Journey Into Night Eugene O’Neill Anthony Page Apollo Theatre [18]
2013 A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen Carrie Cracknell Young Vic [19]
2013 Beautiful Thing Jonathan Harvey Nikolai Foster Arts Theatre [20]
2013 Private Lives Noël Coward Jonathan Kent Gielgud Theatre [21]
2014 Ghosts Henrik Ibsen Richard Eyre Almeida Theatre Almeida Theatre [22]
2014 The Crucible Arthur Miller Yaël Farber The Old Vic [23]
2011 True West Sam Shepard Phillip Breen Tricycle Theatre (now Kiln Theatre) [24]
2015 Henry V Joe Talbot WillShake [25]
2016 Iphigenia In Splott Gary Owen Rachel O'Riordan Sherman Theatre [26]
2017 Casanova Kenneth Tindall Northern Ballet Palace Theatre [27]
2017 Funny Girl Jule Styne, Isobel Lennart and Bob Merrill Michael Mayer Sonia Friedman Productions Palace Theatre [28]
2018 Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Alessandro Talevi Opera North Grand Theatre and Opera House [29]
2018 Othello William Shakespeare Richard Twyman English Touring Theatre Warwick Arts Centre [30]
2018 Things I Know to Be True Andrew Bovell Scott Graham Frantic Assembly Lyric Hammersmith [31]
2019 Negative Space Mole Wetherell Reckless Sleepers New Adelphi Theatre [32]
2020 15 Heroines Cat Robey, Tom Littler and Adjoa Andoh Jermyn Street Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre [33]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2017 Theatre & Technology Awards Best Online/Live Streaming Platform Won [34]
2018 Webby Awards Best Streaming Platform Nominated [35]
2018 DigitalAgenda Impact Awards Education Award Won [36]
2018 Tech for Teachers Best Arts Resource Won [37]
2019 Theatre & Technology Awards Best Online/Live Streaming Platform Won [38]
2021 Bett Awards Company of the Year (less than £3m turnover) Nominated [39]

References

  1. ^ "Case Study: Digital Theatre". ScaleUp Capital. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Ex-head of BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, Neelay Patel, Appointed as CEO of Digital Theatre+". PR Newswire. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Leading theatres launch downloadable shows". Official London Theatre. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Review: Over There, Digital Theatre". A Younger Theatre. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. ^ "The Container". Thespie. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  6. ^ "The Comedy of Errors". Told By An Idiot. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Review: Far From The Madding Crowd, ETT via Digital Theatre". There Ought To Be Clowns. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Kafka's Monkey joins downloadable shows". Official London Theatre. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Digital Theatre offer: Parlour Song". The Times. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  10. ^ "All My Sons Now Available to Download from Digital Theatre". Broadway World. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  11. ^ "As You Like It". BroadwayHD. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Review: 3*** Billy the Kid – The Unicorn Theatre Via @digitaltheatre @UnicornTheatre". Playhouse Pickings. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Review: Into the Woods Digital Theatre". Open Air Theatre. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Digital theatre review: Lovesong". Vodzilla. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Macbeth". Thespie. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Much Ado About Nothing". Sonia Friedman. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Digital Theatre: King Lear". Letterboxd. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Digital Theatre: "Long Day's Journey Into Night"". Engineered. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Digital Theatre: A Doll's House". Stage Text. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Digital Theatre - Beautiful Thing". Black History Month. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Private Lives". Thespie. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  22. ^ "Ghosts available on digital theatre from 18 September". Sonia Friedman. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  23. ^ "Download The Crucible from Digital Theatre". Old Vic Theatre. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Sam Shepard's True West available to watch online in January". Vodzilla. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  25. ^ "New Children's Film Adaptation Of Henry V". The Family Grapevine. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  26. ^ "Digital Theatre+ Now Streaming UK's Iphigenia In Splott". Broadway World. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  27. ^ "Casanova". Northern Ballet. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  28. ^ "Funny Girl starring Sheridan Smith to be screened in cinemas". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  29. ^ "Digital Theatre partners with Opera North on Don Giovanni". Robert Delamere. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  30. ^ "Othello". The Theatre Times. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  31. ^ "Digital Theatre Releases Frantic Assembly's Things I Know to Be True". Broadway World. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  32. ^ "Negative Space". The Theatre Times. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  33. ^ "15 Heroines review – a triumphant revoicing of Ovid". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  34. ^ "Theatre & Technology Awards 2017 Winners". Theatre & Technology Awards. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  35. ^ "Digital Theatre+". Webby Awards. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  36. ^ "Past winners". Impact Awards. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  37. ^ "The Judges Have Spoken…It's Time to Reveal the Big Winners of the Tech For Teachers Awards 2018". Teachwire. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  38. ^ "Theatre & Technology Award Winners 2019!". Theatre & Technology Awards. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  39. ^ "2021 Bett Awards Finalists". Bett Awards. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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