Last modified on Fri 12 Feb 2021 02.23 EST The warring houses of Montague and Capulet are living in a ânear futureâ in this cutting-edge digital production, set in a disturbed world in which rich families and urban gangs have been forced to live, cheek-by-jowl, inside disused theatres. It is a nice touch to a film, by Metcalfe Gordon Productions, which utilises the architecture of an empty auditorium and splices it, ingeniously, with the wizardry of virtual sets. Ambitious in concept, the film is exciting in its effects but we are never allowed to forget it is theatre, too. The camera sweeps ostentatiously across the stage and captures light falling across the auditorium. In a cameo, Derek Jacobi appears among the empty seats to deliver the prologue. The balcony scene takes place with Romeo on stage, and Juliet in a box seat above.