“Those who tell the stories rule the world.” With that claim, George Monbiot opens his book Out of the Wreckage, a
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In bed at night, my partner scrolls through Instagram and sends me memes and headlines, even though I’m lying right
“There’s a wilding inside that connects with a wilding up there,” Uncle, the elderly environmentalist, says in my 2014 play
If theatre is going to fundamentally change the way we think about climate change – and the way we relate to our planet and other species on it – we must change the way we make theatre so that it embodies new ways of sustainable thinking. Aesthetic theories reflect and shape ways of thinking, being, and interacting. Aesthetic theories are not, then, politically neutral; they require particular dramaturgical structures that are in turn political. In order to make theatre that embodies a politics of sustainability, I suggest we replace the aesthetic theory of catharsis – and all it implies and entails – with the Sanskrit aesthetic theory of rasa. The term “rasa” has been variously translated as juice, flavor, taste, extract, and essence. According to The Nātyashāstra (The Science of Drama), the Sanskrit aesthetic treatise attributed to Bharata, rasa is the “aesthetic flavor or sentiment” savored in and through performance. It’s the mixing of different emotions and feelings that arise from different
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Since 2000, the UN has observed World Refugee Day on June 20 to raise awareness of the situation of refugees
Sustainability and Broadway are two words that, on the surface, might not go together. Sustainability is a complex concept that
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Like many of us, I’ve spent a lot of time feeling disturbed, depressed, and defeated as the climate crisis grows.
I joined London-based charity Julie’s Bicycle in September 2013 to work with artists, organizations, policymakers, and funders on embedding environmental thinking
Earth Day is one of the most important days of the year because it reminds us of a most fundamental
A few months ago, I came across an article by science journalist Ed Yong titled “I Spent Two Years Trying to Fix
