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Streaming success: As-live action theatre in lockdown

By 2020-05-05T11:54:00

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Theatre has suffered more than most industries due to coronavirus. But with Disney set to air broadway megahit Hamilton on its OTT service, the UK’s National Theatre and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber are among novice streamers turning to OTT during Covid-19.

For audiences, there is no better time to re-watch a favourite theatre production. Thanks to the likes of Andrew Lloyd Webber, the National Theatre and Metropolitan Opera, fans around the world can stream the hugely popular Phantom of the Opera, One Man Two Guvnors and Aida among many other shows.

Hamilton - the Tony-winning Broadway musical from Lin Manuel Miranda - is set to make its streaming debut, with an as-live performance set to be shown on Disney’s OTT service, Disney+.

The filmed versions of live action theatre shows have seen great success, with the National Theatre’s One Man, Two Guvnors streamed last month on its dedicated YouTube channel gaining more than 2.57 million within the first week.

The National Theatre launched a dedicated At Home series to share its theatre productions with a new release streaming each week. At the time of publication, it has 510,000 subscribers to its YouTube channel and its official Frankenstein, starring Benedict Cumberbatch - only uploaded last week - has 712, 995 views at the time of writing.

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