The team at Hope Mill Theatre have today announced that after selling out the live run of their Rent revival in only 48 hours, the production will be filmed and broadcast online to a strictly limited number of viewers.

The recording will be filmed during a live performance, captured by Umbrella Rooms. The production will then be made available over four weekends during the production’s run, starting from the final two weeks.

Executive Director of Hope Mill Theatre, William Whelton, said: “One of the hardest challenges we faced as a venue was producing Rent with the current restrictions on our seating capacity as a result of social distancing being in place. The option of operating at 50% capacity during the run was financially completely unviable and meant we stood to have a large financial deficit as an organisation, which at this time we are unable to allow. So being offered the opportunity from the rights holders to make up our lost capacity with the chance for audiences to view an online version of the show is incredible and has allowed us to move forward with staging such an ambitious production during this time.

“Although it will not be a live stream, we will be filming the show live in its entirety and then working alongside our video team and creatives to beautifully and intimately capture the real essence and heart of our production, so that audiences feel as though they are part of the action. This is a rare opportunity for us and we cannot wait to be able to share our unique and special production with more audiences.”

Online tickets will be available over the following weekends:

27, 28 and 29 November

4, 5 and 6 December

11, 12 and 13 December

18, 19 and 20 December

All performances begin at 7.30pm

Online tickets are available from 10am on Friday 9 October 2020. For more information or to register for priority booking, which will allow you to book 24 hours before general on sale, please click here.