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 in 2015. In 2019, former head of BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds Neelay Patel was appointed CEO.

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.

Original productions

As well as licensing productions from partner companies, Digital Theatre also produces original live captures of stage productions in the UK.
YearProductionPlaywrightDirectorCompanyTheatreRef.
2009Over ThereMark RavenhillMark Ravenhill and Ramin GrayRoyal Court TheatreRoyal Court Theatre
2009The ContainerClare BayleyTom WrightYoung Vic
2009The Comedy of ErrorsWilliam ShakespearePaul HunterRoyal Shakespeare Company and Told by an IdiotClapham Community Project
2009Far from the Madding CrowdAdapted by Mark HealeyKate SaxonEnglish Touring TheatreYvonne Arnaud Theatre
2010Kafka's MonkeyAdapted by Colin TeevanWalter MeierjohannYoung Vic
2010Parlour SongJez ButterworthIan RicksonAlmeida TheatreAlmeida Theatre
2011All My SonsArthur MillerHoward DaviesApollo Theatre
2011As You Like ItWilliam ShakespeareMichael BoydRoyal Shakespeare CompanyThe Courtyard Theatre
2011Billy The KidMichael MorpurgoTony GrahamUnicorn Theatre
2011Into The WoodsStephen Sondheim and James LapineTimothy SheaderRegent’s Park Open Air TheatreRegent’s Park Open Air Theatre
2011LovesongAbi MorganScott GrahamFrantic AssemblyLyric Hammersmith
2011MacbethWilliam ShakespeareGemma BodinetzEveryman Theatre, Liverpool
2011Much Ado About NothingWilliam ShakespeareJosie RourkeSonia Friedman ProductionsWyndham's Theatre
2012King LearWilliam ShakespeareMichael AttenboroughAlmeida TheatreAlmeida Theatre
2012Long Day’s Journey Into NightEugene O’NeillAnthony PageApollo Theatre
2013A Doll's HouseHenrik IbsenCarrie CracknellYoung Vic
2013Beautiful ThingJonathan HarveyNikolai FosterArts Theatre
2013Private LivesNoël CowardJonathan KentGielgud Theatre
2014GhostsHenrik IbsenRichard EyreAlmeida TheatreAlmeida Theatre
2014The CrucibleArthur MillerYaël FarberThe Old Vic
2011True WestSam ShepardPhillip BreenTricycle Theatre
2015Henry VJoe TalbotWillShake
2016Iphigenia In SplottGary OwenRachel O'RiordanSherman Theatre
2017CasanovaKenneth TindallNorthern BalletPalace Theatre
2017Funny GirlJule Styne, Isobel Lennart and Bob MerrillMichael MayerSonia Friedman ProductionsPalace Theatre
2018Don GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus MozartAlessandro TaleviOpera NorthGrand Theatre and Opera House
2018OthelloWilliam ShakespeareRichard TwymanEnglish Touring TheatreWarwick Arts Centre
2018Things I Know to Be TrueAndrew BovellScott GrahamFrantic AssemblyLyric Hammersmith
2019Negative SpaceMole WetherellReckless SleepersNew Adelphi Theatre
202015 HeroinesCat Robey, Tom Littler and Adjoa AndohJermyn Street TheatreJermyn Street Theatre