Climate Dramaturgy is an ethos for making theatre in the context of climate crisis, developed in the UK. Climate dramaturgy focuses on creative form, relationships between collaborators and ways to hold on to hope in a time of fear. Led by artists for artists, and influenced strongly by decolonising and post-capitalist movements, it offers a holistic approach that seeks to enable a transformative mindset, advocating for diverse aesthetics and artistic practices to be at the heart of climate care.
We’ve just launched our Climate Dramaturgy How-to Guides with HighTide theatre company – take a look here.
Zoë has recently been interviewed by Barbora Etlíková for The Podhoubí Platform, an online space for thinking about theatre, and you can read the interview here.
Here are some other resources for engaging with climate dramaturgy:
- For an introduction to climate dramaturgy and links to resources with HighTide
- For a more in depth read: ITI: Climate Consciousness as Artistic Mindset
- For the original research the climate dramaturgy framework is based on: Climate Conversations: Making Theatre in the Context of Climate Crisis
- For a short read/manifesto, see here: Climate Contexts: Some Principles for Theatre in an Era of Ecological Chaos
- A three-page introduction: Climate Dramaturgy: A Green Glossary
- And two infographics: Everyone Has a Role to Play and The Show Must Go On
Below you will find:
- METIS Artistic Director Zoë Svendsen’s interview with Divadelních Novin (Theatre News) Podcast in the recording studio of Švanda Theatre, Prague, CZ
- The Culture for Future event that Zoë participated in this past April in Prague at ARCHA+
- Ongoing METIS projects that incorporate Climate Dramaturgy into their ethos
