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 transformation, 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.
‘[Ecostage] reframes sustainable practice in the theatre to highlight what it is in the first place: a question of principles.’ – Sustainable Theatre, Iphigenia Taxopoulou, Methuen Drama 2023
Latest News
A Case Studies Reflection: The Ecostage team takes a moment to discuss the value and challenges of sharing their work
We've been talking about why case studies matter, the different challenges we face as busy practitioners and how to support the Ecostage community in sharing their work, experience and [...]
Sustainable Theatre: Theory, Context, Practice – Iphigenia Taxopoulou
We're excited to talk you about Sustainable Theatre: Theory, Context, Practice by Iphigenia Taxopoulou, which was published earlier this year under Bloomsbury's Methuen Drama imprint. Covering around three decades [...]
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 [...]
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[...]