A new multimedia site, Thespie, has been launched, offering more than 1,000 theater performances from the world’s leading cultural institutions, including the UK’s National Theatre Live, Sadler’s Wells and Royal Court Theatre, plus the Met Opera, Audible and Disney.
Viewers can live-stream plays, movie musicals, artist talks, musical theater, concerts and podcasts as well as discover theater ebooks, scripts or digital songbooks. There are also digital exhibits, student guides and family activities related to theater.
Thespie was founded by Tyler Stoops, a former tech and arts leader who has worked at Amazon, Disney and the Met Opera who launched the service in response to venue closures caused by the global pandemic. Thespie is intended as a means to keep people engaged with the arts during lockdown.
Stoops said: “I’ve been so humbled by the generosity of spirit displayed by artists and theater-makers during this crisis, and our ambition at Thespie is to amplify their work so it can reach as broad an audience as possible.”
To find out more about Thespie, click here.
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