Ben Apfelbaum

AUSTRALIAN THEATRE LIVE ANNOUNCES NEW SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM FOR DIGITAL THEATRE

David Williamson on Monitor
A pic from the production of ‘Emerald City’ on monitor
Associate producer Emma Wright, Board member Lexi Sekuless, Publicity manager Sean Landis
Jonathan Biggins, Board Member
Kanen Breen
A pic of Alex Buzo’s classic play ‘Norm and Ahmed’ on monitor
Raj Sidhu, Creative Producer with Jonathan Biggins as Paul Keating on the Monitor

Australian Theatre Live (ATL) has just launched a new subscription platform for digital theatre experiences. Working with some of the country’s best live entertainers, ATL is succeeding in making Australian art more accessible to all.

With a growing content library of mainstage and independent theatre, opera, dance, acrobatics and music, Australian Theatre Live captures live performance for you to enjoy on your schedule.

Their fast-growing digital library is designed with everyone in mind, including:

  • Regional viewers, unable to travel into the city to engage with live theatre due to geographical or economic barriers
  • Immunocompromised viewers, impacted by the ongoing risk of COVID-19
  • Interstate and international viewers, eager to connect with the wider Australian arts community
  • Students and educators, seeking access to syllabus texts and world class performances
  • Hard of hearing viewers and members of the d/Deaf community
  • Viewers living with a disability (around 4.3 million Australians) and those who face physical barriers to accessing theatre
  • Viewers looking for affordable alternatives to support their favourite theatre companies
  • Archivists and researchers with an interest in Australian theatre heritage
  • Viewers who want to watch and re-watch the best of Australian live entertainment.

Australian Theatre Live’s catalogue includes theatrical experiences from Sydney Theatre Company, Griffin Theatre Company, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Sydney Festival, Kings Cross Theatre, the Old Fitz and more. There is something in this catalogue for everyone, with new additions to look forward to monthly.

“People often have this perception that recorded theatre is not as enjoyable as the live thing.

However, due to the beautiful camera angles and crisp sound quality, our films offer a level of intimacy beyond that of the usual audience member’s experience. Watching an Australian Theatre Live film is like watching a play  on the stage” – Grant Dodwell, Creative Director Australian Theatre Live

For just $7.99 per month or $74.99 per year, with your first week free, gain access to some of the best of what Australian theatre has to offer, regardless of your location, income, or access needs. Australian Theatre Live grants all Australians the opportunity to enjoy, critique and participate in the development of our artistic heritage, and you’re invited to be part of that journey.

Featured image : Creative Director of Australian Theatre Live Grant Dodwell. All pics by Ben Apfelbaum

https://australiantheatre.live

Published by Ben Apfelbaum

My photography began when my father handed me the proverbial brownie box camera as a child. As cameras developed I went through Fujica and Olympus range finders graduating to my first single lens reflex camera, the Minolta SRT101, the latter being the greatest facilitator to my growth as a photographer. Digital photography has only added to this. I was a regular contributor to Camera Craft magazine (Australian Camera ) for over three years. During Australia’s Bicentennial year (1988) I made it a personal project to document the celebrations. This culminated in the creation of a book of my photos which was published in 1989. The book was called CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA and came with an accompanying calendar. My works have appeared in a number of publications including the coffee book entitled MY AUSTRALIA (1989), publisher Robertsbridge Severn. This book had a preface by the then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. I was a co-photographer on a book entitled SYDNEY- DISCOVER THE CITY with text written by Robert Treborlang. Major Mitchell Press was the publisher. Also for two years I was the photographer for calendars celebrating Sydney’s multicultural communities. The two calendars were entitled MULTICULTURAL SYDNEY. My work appeared in a group exhibition held at Sydney’s Town Hall pertaining to the diversity of life in South America to raise money for orphanages there. I have over one hundred photos stored in the New South Wales State Library archive. I had a solo exhibition held in 2007 entitled Ben’s Lens at the Sydney Jewish Museum which celebrated the vibrancy of the Sydney Jewish community. Some of these photos are on the Museum’s permanent display. I have exhibited internationally firstly at the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta Georgia, United States, and in an exhibition entitled Kosher and Co at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Currently I am a regular contributor to J-Wire and this esteemed publication. To celebrate the opening of a permanent Photography Gallery, the State Library of New South Wales selected 400 shots from its archive of over 2,000,000 images to display in the new gallery. An image of mine was plucked out of the multi million photo archive to be part of the inaugural exhibition.