The South African State Theatre (SAST) has decided to pay artists royalties for work streamed online in trying to provide relief during the Covid-19 lockdown.
SAST is paying all artists as well as crew every week as if the shows were live on the stage. Among the shows that are being streamed on SAST’s YouTube channel is the groundbreaking musicalThe musical is directed by artistic director Aubrey Sekhabi and the production has about 80 people involved. Sekhabi told SowetanLIVE that everyone who is involved in the show is being paid royalties. The show can be watched for free on YouTube until July 6 when it will be moved to paywall.
“All our shows that we have been streaming online, we decided to pay artists because we know their pain, especially the freelancers. They get paid every week and this is our relief method to the challenges that artists are facing. We have paid more than 200 artists so far who have been involved in the shows we streamed live,” SAST said.
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