Behind the Scenes of Curve Leicester's SUNSET BOULEVARD Concert

I think people will be really blown away when they see it using all of this space

It's kind of a weird hybrid between film and theatre. I also think it's going to be very historical

We were so, so, so determined that we did something at Christmas. It's such an important landmark, you know, families going to their local theatre

to see a show, whether it's a pantomime or a musical, like we do here at Curve, and the fact we can do this and film it is just incredible

So it's really, it's a special, special time. This has been made for the camera

It's a seven-camera shoot and most of them are moving, they're fluid

they change position, they have cues. You know, it's not like you're just archiving a performance

where it's just standard coverage. You know, we're actually doing it in a 360 space

so there's audience spaces that are all around us. So it's kind of, as an actor, like, oh, this is like something in the round

but then, actually, you're having to make sure the camera's there for this, so this is played this way

So as a director, you can see the nuance and the thought process and the detail

And then, of course, when we get in a big space like this, or, you know, we're on tour

Ria and Danny are really having to project that performance to 1,200 people

And it's a very different sort of experience. The camera sees so much, you know, it can really see the twinkle in your eye and the detail

And it's amazing seeing those performances again with that nuance, that detail

It's, I suppose, sometimes you have to think more stillness when a camera's so closer to you

as opposed to in the theatre, when you have to project up to the back row of the upper circle

Very hard sometimes trying to keep focused in character when you have a camera there

And you're trying to look past that and continue with your internal thoughts of the role

and where you are in the piece. That's tricky. It's managed to bring a whole new dimension to the piece

I mean, we obviously created this show as a stage show with full sets, lights, costumes, everything

To now have to film it because of the circumstances has unleashed a whole new aspect

Got a 16-piece orchestra live in the room. The lighting rig is massive. Not only the main stage we played on before is here

we've lifted the wall and we've opened up the other stage. So we've got the whole 360 auditorium

But now we've got an audience who we can't see, who we're not aware of

and they're only going to now see what they're shown through the camera. It's a crazy hybrid, modern, exciting, vibrant mesh of theatre and film coming together

What Nikolaj and Crosscut are doing is, I've never seen it done before

And it just seems so poetic to be filming a story that was initially about being behind the camera

and now we're showing them behind the curtain