About Welsh Theatre and the Climate Crisis
Join us for a discussion on how the Welsh theatre industry is responding to the climate emergency.
The climate crisis is the context in which we’re now making work. We can't change that. But we can change how we make that work and what the work is. The industry is an ecosystem, connected at multiple points. By working together and learning from each other, Wales can set the bar of best practice.
Listen to stories of successes and failures, progress and challenges, and share your own thoughts and ideas of making theatre while keeping sustainability at the heart.
What to expect
The day will be split into four parts. Twelve speakers who have expertise or experience in their fields will give brief talks to stimulate conversation and answer questions. The rest is up to you.
You can tell us about your victories, ‘green’ decisions that have worked, reusing sets, reducing transport, or switching to LEDs. You can also tell us about things that have not gone so well…
You’ll be seated at round tables to ease conversation and encourage engagement. By the end of the day, we hope to have at least shared some ideas that will be useful and that you can take back and incorporate into your work.
Speakers
The Riverfront, Newport - 12 July 2023
Part 1: How to operate a building sustainably
Chris Davies - Making a building fit for the 21st Century
Elizabeth Steel - Installation at Riverfront - challenges and successes
Saul Eagles - Stage Electrics - low voltage units, efficiencies
Part 2: Making productions sustainably
Karine Décorne - The Circular Economy
David Evans - Theatre Green Book
Huw Semmens - Hire industry and efficiencies
Darren Joyce - How can sets be constructed sustainably?
Part 3: Creative responses to the crisis
Judith Musker Turner - ACW Strategy for Climate Justice and the Arts
George Harris - Tin Shed
Michelle Perez - Theatre Iolo
Justin Teddy Cliffe
Part 4: Looking towards a more sustainable future
Ruth Stringer - GALWAD findings
Gemma Durham - Keynote Listener summary
Aberystwyth Arts Centre - 20 October 2023
Part 1
Neil Glasser - What the climate crisis really means
David Wilson - Aberystwyth Arts Centre and the Climate Crisis
Bill Hamblett - Small World Theatre
Part 2
Cath Allen - CARAD
David Wilson - The Circular Economy
David Evans - Theatre Green Book
Darren Joyce - How can sets be constructed sustainably?
Part 3
Judith Musker Turner - ACW Strategy for Climate Justice and the Arts
Ffion Jones - Making Theatre in Nature
Peter Cox - A playwright's perspective
Jacob Gough - GALWAD and my Practice
Part 4
Panel discussion with Peter Cox, Jacob Gough, Judith Musker Turner and Ffion Jones, chaired by David Wilson
Andrew Filmer - Keynote Listener summary
Pontio, Bangor - 7 March 2024
Part 1
Christian Dunn - The Environmental Crisis
Kate Lawrence - Low-tech creative processes: listen, observe, risk assess, recycle, travel light
Dr Einir Young - Eco Museum
Part 2
Lindsey Coulbourne - Seeking entanglements with humans and more-than-humans
Karine Décorne - The Circular Economy
Part 3
Osian Gwynn - Pontio and the Climate Crisis
David Evans - Introduction to the Theatre Green Book
Gwion Lloyd - Working with the Theatre Green Book in Pontio
Jim Davis - Working with the Theatre Green Book at Theatr Clwyd
Joe Roberts - ACW's Strategy for Climate Justice and the Arts
David Evans - The Theatre Forest
Part 4
Group discussions and sharing
Keynote listener findings and reflections
This project is a partnership between The Riverfront in Newport, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Pontio in Bangor, National Theatre Wales, ABTT Cymru and Creu Cymru.