Live performance goes digital

Following our highly-successful pilot Live performance goes digital workshop in March of this year, Liminal is once again joining forces with ScreenSkills and the team behind the Royal Shakespeare Company’s screen productions of live performances to share understanding with regional theatres and touring companies on how to capture live performance.

Commissioned by ScreenSkills using public funding from Arts Council England, Live performance goes digital will give regional producing theatres, small touring companies and independent producers and directors an insight into the processes and practical considerations of capturing theatre on screen.

The workshop will be delivered over a day and a half by experts from the team behind the RSC’s series of live productions on screen. It will be hosted by the RSC and facilitated by Liminal Stage, a West Midlands-based company creating innovative stage, screen and immersive/XR productions that explore the intersection between live performance and emerging technologies, and encouraging collaboration between the creative industries.

The introductory workshop will also give participants the chance to go behind the scenes as the RSC prepares to film a performance next month in front of a live audience in Stratford-upon-Avon, concluding with an opportunity to discuss the recording with experts the next day.

Who it's for

The opportunity is open to directors, producers, stage managers and other live performance professionals with at least two years’ professional experience who wish to expand their knowledge of the options available for the digital capture of live performances. ScreenSkills particularly welcomes applications from the Midlands.

What it covers

Monday 12 September:

• An introduction to screen language, workflows and team structures
• The history of live performance on screen
• Roles and workflows: the end-to-end process
• A behind-the-scenes tour of All's Well That Ends Well directed by Blanche McIntyre, the production being filmed in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre that evening
• A ticket to the 7:15pm filmed performance

Tuesday 13 September:

• Reflection on the multi-camera filming of All's Well That Ends Well
• Digital options and considerations for freelancers and companies wanting to film live performance for broadcast and/or streaming
• Hands-on demo-workshop from live-streaming company Eight Engines
• Tour of Paragon Live TV's portable live-streaming production unit
• Q&A with digital specialist Hayley Pepler and director Robyn Winfield-Smith

How to apply

Click 'apply now' to submit your application.

All applications must be submitted by 5pm on Wednesday 31 August.

Contact information

Email: digital@liminalstage.com