Placing ecological thinking at the heart of creative practice
Welcome to Ecostage
Ecostage is a grassroots initiative founded by theatre designers that offers practical and creative ideas to green up practices in the performing arts sector and work together for change. A catalyst for individual and collective change, it provides a framework that offers multiple routes for change-making.
The site offers different ways to get involved and lots of free resources to use. Connect with the global Ecostage Community of future collaborators, add to a growing library of resources and contribute case studies that celebrate the aesthetic range and diversity of sustainably-produced work.
At the heart of Ecostage are the seven Principles. Available to read and download, these provide a roadmap for everyone at all stages of their eco-journey.
Power of Pledging
You can pledge to the Ecostage Principles and help generate momentum for sector-wide transformation. View the pledge here:
Our Vision
Ecostage cultivates a holistic approach to making and sharing work that recognises the interconnectivity between creativity, ecology, sustainability, activism and well-being. We aim to be responsive, engaging and relevant in our advocacy and activism, remaining alive to feedback, change and growth.
Latest News
Global Voices: call for videos
What is the Global Voices project? In 2021, Ecostage and the Society of British Theatre Designers put out a call to people in the performing arts to share videos that reflect [...]
Callout: A Guide to Sustainable Materials for Theatre
The SBTD Sustainable Design Working Group is producing a guidebook to sustainable materials for use in theatre design. They want to collate together a series of fact files that outline [...]
New UK Carbon Literacy Training opportunities
Our sister organisation, The Society of British Theatre Designers, is rolling out its now one-day Carbon Literacy Training course, specifically tailored to the needs of theatre designers and their [...]
Latest Case Studies
A Place At The Table
The piece was conceived as an attempt to understand the eruption of violence in Burundi in 1993: a major factor in the lead up to the Rwandan genocide. A friend[...]
Sympoiesis: a bio-inspired dance performance
“Sympoiesis” is a bio-inspired dance performance. Coined originally by Beth Dempster, this term implied ‘multi-species making together.’ The performance emerges from the relationship between myself, a plant, a slime mould,[...]
The state of the Art – an analysis of the theater industry through my experience
This case study wants to be a technical analysis of my expectations and disappointment, hope and rewards, in my 4 years of experience in theatre/Opera/festival/digital shows. I am a young set[...]
Sister Groups
