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

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Theatre & Technology Awards | Best Online/Live Streaming Platform | Won |
| 2018 | Webby Awards | Best Streaming Platform | Nominated |
| 2018 | DigitalAgenda Impact Awards | Education Award | Won |
| 2018 | Tech for Teachers | Best Arts Resource | Won |
| 2019 | Theatre & Technology Awards | Best Online/Live Streaming Platform | Won |
| 2021 | Bett Awards | Company of the Year (less than £3m turnover) | Nominated |