Wijbrand Schaap speaks in the kitchen of The Cooperative (where it is remarkably busy), with Tony Minnema and Emile Ripke. They are the initiators and the names behind Theatreflix, a website on which, like Netflix with TV shows, theatre shows can be seen.
For now, they have a base from his own work, as Tony Minnema himself has a fairly thriving business in making good video recordings of theatre performances. Those recordings form a base, alongside works preserved by the because of Halbe Zijlstra disbanded Theatre Institute of the Netherlands.
Unicorn
The conversation spans just under 40 minutes on revenue models, bears on the road, vain actors and copyrights. In short: everything you need to know when starting a fun unicorn doesn't think about, but runs into.
It is also about Uncle Wanja. Eventually.
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