The result is "phenomenal", says seasoned filmmaker and Boston University professor Tim Palmer.
Artistic director Toby Davies said the company could not justify the costs involved with making the prison safe and accessible just for a one day event.The BBC has approached the Ziran Education Foundation, which owns the prison, for comment.
The prison formally closed in January 2014 and was.Foundation founder Channing Bi said in October he
.Mr Davies, who has previously campaigned for the jail to be saved for artistic purposes, said the change of venue for the show was "frustrating".
"But you just get to a point where the challenges and the costs that we would have to pass onto our audience are so outrageous that it's just quite a simple straightforward decision," he said,
"We can't justify this for a one day event.Singer was also aware that the timing of the ban was as good as it could possibly be.
"We can't get away from the fact that you can't choose when these things happen," he said."So the fact that Wada approached us and in the next three months there are no Grand Slams, that seemed to me to make their offer more compelling."
Several players believe the timing was suspiciously convenient, with Britain's Liam Broady saying it had impacted Sinner's career as "little as possible".Asked directly why the deal had come about now, Wenzel insisted it was not taken with the tennis calendar in mind.