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]
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]
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 | [4] | |||||
2009 | The Container | Clare Bayley | Tom Wright | [5] | |||
2009 | The Comedy of Errors | Paul Hunter | Clapham Community Project | [6] | |||
2009 | Far from the Madding Crowd | Adapted by Mark Healey | [7] | ||||
2010 | Kafka's Monkey | [8] | |||||
2010 | Parlour Song | [9] | |||||
2011 | All My Sons | [10] | |||||
2011 | As You Like It | [11] | |||||
2011 | Billy The Kid | Tony Graham | [12] | ||||
2011 | Into The Woods | [13] | |||||
2011 | Lovesong | Scott Graham | [14] | ||||
2011 | Macbeth | Gemma Bodinetz | [15] | ||||
2011 | Much Ado About Nothing | Sonia Friedman Productions | [16] | ||||
2012 | King Lear | [17] | |||||
2012 | Long Day’s Journey Into Night | [18] | |||||
2013 | A Doll's House | [19] | |||||
2013 | Beautiful Thing | Nikolai Foster | [20] | ||||
2013 | Private Lives | [21] | |||||
2014 | Ghosts | [22] | |||||
2014 | The Crucible | [23] | |||||
2011 | True West | Phillip Breen | Tricycle Theatre (now Kiln Theatre) | [24] | |||
2015 | Henry V | Joe Talbot | WillShake | [25] | |||
2016 | Iphigenia In Splott | [26] | |||||
2017 | Casanova | Kenneth Tindall | [27] | ||||
2017 | Funny Girl | Sonia Friedman Productions | [28] | ||||
2018 | Don Giovanni | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Alessandro Talevi | Grand Theatre and Opera House | [29] | ||
2018 | Othello | Richard Twyman | [30] | ||||
2018 | Things I Know to Be True | Scott Graham | [31] | ||||
2019 | Negative Space | Mole Wetherell | Reckless Sleepers | New Adelphi Theatre | [32] | ||
2020 | 15 Heroines | [33] |
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Theatre & Technology Awards | Best Online/Live Streaming Platform | [34] | ||
2018 | Best Streaming Platform | [35] | |||
2018 | DigitalAgenda Impact Awards | Education Award | [36] | ||
2018 | Tech for Teachers | Best Arts Resource | [37] | ||
2019 | Theatre & Technology Awards | Best Online/Live Streaming Platform | [38] | ||
2021 | Bett Awards | Company of the Year (less than £3m turnover) | [39] |