Are you considering organizing an event for Climate Change Theatre Action 2021? Whether you have participated in CCTA before or are planning your first CCTA production, join us for our first Climate Change Theatre Action Meet-Up! Hear about previous participants’ experiences and ideas. Ask questions, look for collaborators, and brainstorm actions to accompany your event.
Following short presentations by CCTA participants Nikhil Kotara and Himali Kothari from Readings in the Shed (India); Elspeth Tilley from Massey University (Aotearoa New Zealand); and Francine Dulong and Haeweon Yi from Blooming Ludus (South Korea), there will be opportunities to break into small groups and meet other members of the great CCTA family. The conversation will be moderated by artistic director of The Arctic Cycle Chantal Bilodeau.
Note: This second Meet-Up is designed to accommodate time zones in the Eastern hemisphere. The first Climate Change Theatre Action Meet-Up took place on April 17, 2021.
Saturday, May 15, 2021
8:00-9:30 pm PT (San Francisco) / 11:00 pm-12:30 am ET (New York)
Sunday, May 16, 2021
8:30 am IST (Mumbai, UTC +5.5) / 12:00 pm KST (Seoul, UTC +9) / 1:00 pm AEST (Sydney, UTC + 10) / 3:00 pm NZST (Wellington, UTC + 12)
Free Zoom Meeting
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Francine Dulong is the co-founder and co-artistic director of Blooming Ludus – a participatory theatre company that explores our connection to the planet. She also researches the interactive potential between games, physical theatre, and technology with BAGEL+BALLOON, and creates improvised vocal movement pieces with THAT! Ensemble. Whether in the classroom, the park, the boardroom, a 13th-century monastery, or a theatre, her aim is to co-create safe spaces of playful learning.
Nikhil Katara is from Mumbai, India. He started his journey in theatre with his own production titled The Unveiling. He has a degree in Philosophy from the Mumbai University and has written for the One India One People Magazine, Free Press Journal, and the journal Sambhashan on a regular basis. He teaches the B.Voc course (Theatre & Stagecraft) at Wilson college. He is the Artistic Director of Readings in the Shed and has directed and co-written the play The Bose Legacy.
Writer-editor Himali Kothari (India) loves being led on a merry chase by words, as long as she can eventually get the better of them. A believer in the power of words to effect change, it is what she seeks to do in her own small way.
Dr Elspeth Tilley is Associate Professor of Expressive Arts at Massey University in Aotearoa/New Zealand, where she teaches and researches theatre and creative activism. Her creative projects include New Zealand’s first human library on homelessness, the world’s first youth creative activism conference, and writing a range of award-winning political plays (short and full length). Elspeth has written and produced three times for Climate Change Theatre Action.
Haeweon Yi is a theatremaker from Korea. She aims to deliver various echoes heard on the Earth through theatre. She co-founded a participatory theatre company, Blooming Ludus, in 2015. The company focuses on connecting people, art, and the environment to fight for climate justice and a sustainable future. Her major works include Power Story (2016-2017), the Salt & Vinegar series (2016-2020), How Much Space Do We Need for Living? (2020), and How To Become A Rock (2020).