Dr. Rachel Hann is a Senior Lecturer in Performance and Design at Northumbria University, Newcastle. As a cultural geographer working in performance, Rachel's teaching and research focuses on the material cultures of scenography, climate crisis, and architecture. 'Beyond Scenography’ is Rachel’s first monograph (Routledge, 2019) and provides the first theory of scenographics in response to staged material cultures: from gardening to visual merchandising, installation art to theatre.