Designed for Camera Operators: Theatre on Screen

Live theatre viewed on a cinema screen: a bastardisation of the art form or a revolutionary way of getting high art to the masses? Andrew Fuhrmann weighs up the arguments on both sides and considers the implications for theatre and film industries at home and abroad.

Additional keywords: simulcast, Metropolitan Opera, Live in HD, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, National Theatre, Phédre, Phedre, ABC2, Bliss, Madame Butterfly, high definition, presence, simulation, democratisation.