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local community, local life .........combatting covid-19 with cultureWORLD’S FIRST MULTIMEDIA THEATRE DISCOVERYPLATFORM LAUNCHEDThespie showcases over 1000 theatre shows & resources from across theglobe: filmed performances, livestreams, podcasts, artist talks, educationalresources and moreThe launch of a new, online discovery platform for theatre and the performing arts is beinghailed as a lifeline for both theatre audiences and the industry today. The first of its kind,Thespie helps people engage with the arts across a broad spectrum of digital media whilevenues around the Thespie aggregates listings of digital theatre resources in a structured,easy to navigate discovery experience. Users can filter to their favourite genres, browsefor specific moods and maintain a list of things they want to save for later.The platform features a diverse array of over 1000 resources - available either onsite, orby linking directly to a partner’s website. Users can watch livestream play performances,movie musicals, or artist talks; listen to audio dramas, musical theatre concerts, or theatrepodcasts; discover theatre ebooks, scripts or digital songbooks; or explore digital exhibits,student guides, or family activities related to theatre. Visit the website or Facebook pageto see a list of content highlights currently listed on Thespie.Thespie facilitates discovery across genres and media formats, and is underpinned bya bespoke Arts taxonomy and data model, which uses a machine learning algorithmto identify similarities between works and facilitate discovery across the site - akin toNetflix.Thespie not only enables arts practitioners to distribute and self-monetise their workby reaching and engaging with new audiences, it makes it easy for those stuck at homecraving culture to discover and access the rich variety of arts content available onlinefrom across the world.Thespie founder, Tyler Stoops, has spent his career at the intersection of technology andthe arts and is passionate about increasing people’s engagement with theatre. His earlycareer spanned technical theatre, artistic planning and technology projects at two of theworld’s most prestigious opera institutions, the Santa Fe Opera and the MetropolitanOpera in New York. An MBA at the Wharton School led him to the Walt Disney Studios andthen seven years at e-commerce giant Amazon during which time Tyler worked acrossKindle, publishing, brick-and-mortar bookstores, and a theatre ticketing business.Commenting on the launch, Tyler Stoops said: “I’ve been so humbled by the generosityof spirit displayed by artists and theatre-makers during this crisis, and our ambition atThespie is to amplify their work so it can reach as broad an audience as possible. WhenCovid-19 hit, we quickly saw that building Thespie’s work to a global, multimedia scalecould help audiences continue their journey of exploring theatre during this time wherewe can’t be together in person.”https://thespie.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thespie/18
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