Happy Earth Day! @bradcaleblee and I have been spending the day cataloguing and creating a database of the fabulous items in the @walesmillenniumcentre costume store, so that others can borrow easily and curb our reliance on new garments and fast fashion! Let’s close the loop and get some sustainable theatre on the go! Thanks for having us @victoriajohntheatre :) #earthday #theatregreenbook #circulareconomy
A visual collection of my wonderful time with @theatrclwyd #stiwdioclwyd last week on their #sparksresidency. Such an enriching week exploring my theatre design practice in an inspiring theatre building that invites the local landscape in. In a time where arts funding is getting thinner and thinner, I hope many more freelance artists get this opportunity to think and to create.
Happy World Theatre Day! A big thank you to all the friends and colleagues I share this big, beautiful, and frankly weird world with - past, present and future. Keep doing wonderful, joyful things xxx #worldtheatreday
Our storage survey closes on 23rd March!
In the interests of promoting a circular economy model in the Welsh Arts Sector Creu Cymru is collecting data from as many performing arts companies/venues across Wales as we can.
The aim is to map out what we as a sector currently have in place for storage of sets, props, costumes, technical equipment etc, with a view to working out a viable shared storage model in the future.
Please click on the link below and fill out the survey to the best of your ability (even if you have no storage in place, it's important we capture this information) – it should take about 5 minutes to complete.
We will close the survey at 6pm on Monday 23rd March.
https://lnkd.in/ed8eqGnP
Image: Li Jianhua, Yuwi Survey (2006)
#circulareconomy #sustainableperformingarts #welshtheatre
We’re officially launching THE ECOSTAGE FRAMEWORK!
Join us online to celebrate the launch of our new framework! This is something we’ve been working on throughout the past year as a tool to help place ecological thinking at the heart of creative practice.
We’ve been trialling it out at our Ecostage Lab and just last week in Hull. Huge thank you to those who have given us feedback along the way and help us to develop it!
We’d love for you all to join us and find out more so you can use the tool in your own projects!
Wednesday 18th March
6pm
Online
The eventbrite link is in our bio! Tickets are FREE 😊
Our Welsh storage survey is now live!
Isn’t it sad that we all have so much useful STUFF bursting out of storage spaces, but we don’t know how to let other companies know that they can borrow it, instead of buying something brand new?
We want to change all that by exploring a shared storage initiative!
In the interests of promoting a circular economy model and to avoid sending more STUFF to landfill, @creucymruarts is collecting data from as many performing arts companies/venues across Wales as we can.
The aim is to map out what we as a sector currently have in place for storage of sets, props, costumes, technical equipment etc, with a view to working out a viable shared storage model in the future.
Please click on the link below and fill out the survey to the best of your ability (even if you have no storage in place, it's important we capture this information) – it should take about 5 minutes to complete.
We will be collecting responses until Monday 23rd March. Please pass the survey links along so we can reach as many Welsh companies as possible!
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Image by Camille Boitel
#sustainabletheatre #circulareconomy #theatrewales
A week of dreaming and exploring design ideas for The Mab with @takingflighttheatre ! Thanks to the amazing talents of @carldaviesdesign@louis_creates bringing their fantastic design and puppetry experience into the room, and to @thelittleone74 for bouncing directing ideas around! Many thanks also to @riverfrontarts for hosting and supporting us, and to local businesses @arcadiacafeandbistro@barpiazza for spot on lunches! Elise and I topped off the week with a trip to @welshnat_opera_cencym costume sale to explore some second hand costume ideas - needless to say we had far too much fun and walked away with a bag full! Can’t wait for the next iteration of this project as the show takes shape :) #welshtheatre #setdesign #costume #sustainabletheatre #puppetry
Wales theatre makers - join us online for an open forum session! We'll be focussing on the next steps for Theatre Green Book in Wales, including a steering group and a top-down approach to implementing sustainability targets.
Free to attend, please signup here:
/events/fforwm-theatre-green-book-forum
@creucymruarts #theatregreenbook #artsandsustainability
Calling all South Wales based theatre designers, makers, directors, and production managers!
*How do we make ambitious creative work that doesn’t damage the planet?
*How can we see the climate crisis as a creative opportunity to think and make differently?
*How can we be braver in advocating for change?
Find out by joining our Carbon Literacy Training Session at the Wales Millennium Centre on 22 January…
- Learn how to make your practice more sustainable from the earliest stage of ideas through to end of life for the production and the materials.
Gain confidence in the difference you can make as a freelancer or small company, through case studies and discussions.
- Discover helpful tools you can apply to your practice in the studio, the workshop, the rehearsal room, and the theatre space.
- Contribute to developing a collective Green Rider and Green Map for theatre makers around the UK.
- Gain access to a bank of resources that you can revisit whenever you like.
- Get a certificate from the Carbon Literacy Project to demonstrate your knowledge and competence.
- Join a supportive community of theatre makers working towards making the industry a more sustainable place.
This training has been developed by theatre designers, for theatre designers and their associates. It is accredited by The Carbon Literacy Project and facilitated by The Society of British Theatre Designers. We deliver the training all around the UK so please get in touch if you’re based elsewhere and would like to attend or host a session.
(Book your place at /e/design-futures-carbon-literacy-training-tickets-1976192768769 or search “eventbrite design futures carbon literacy training”)
@wearesbtd@walesmillenniumcentre@ruthstringerdesign@carbonliteracy
150,000 certified carbon literate people across 47 nations, courtesy of the Carbon Literacy Project!
I'm really proud to have been a part of the @wearesbtd Society of British Theatre Designers Sustainability Working Group, helping to grow that number by writing and delivering our own course specifically for designers and their associates. Sustainable design is such an important part of my own creative practice and I love helping others to learn how they can integrate it with theirs.
If you're interested in taking Carbon Literacy Training, we're running a course at the Wales Millennium Centre on Thursday 22nd January, sign up using the link below. It's suitable for theatre designers, directors, production managers and makers. A great way to making some positive first steps into 2026!
/e/design-futures-carbon-literacy-training-tickets-1976192768769?aff=oddtdtcreator
#150kcarbonliterate #SBTD
