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Playing For The Screens – Is Our Obsession With Video Changing The Live Arts Experience?

January 20, 2016 by Douglas McLennan 4 Comments

One weekend last November, the biggest box-office at movie theatres throughout the UK wasn't for the latest Hollywood blockbuster (the latest "Hunger Games" movie opened that Friday). It was for a live broadcast of Kenneth Branagh’s production of "The Winter’s Tale" which was streamed live to 520 theatres in the UK and 100 more internationally on November 26. Starring Branagh and Judi Dench, it … [Read more...]

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