Digital Theatre (website)

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. . 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.

External links

• Official website