CoastARTS Ireland
We speak with lighting designer and lecturer Sinéad Wallace and technical officer and lecturer Mike O’Halloran, about their personal interest in green theatre practices, the importance of ‘talking about’ sustainability with colleagues and students, and the possible futures of theatre and performance in an era of ecological crisis.
We speak with Luke Casserly, a multidisciplinary performance maker, about the link between his own upbringing in the rural midlands of Ireland and the work he now makes, the importance of listening to many different voices and perspectives when creating work with and in communities, and his gentle, subversive interventions in response to the climate crisis.
We speak with director and writer Maeve Stone about her inspirations, the ways in which she approaches working with communities, the artforms she draws on, and how the process of making the work can shape and change communities’ responses to climate change.
We speak with acclaimed Irish playwright, Carys Coburn about writing ecological plays, the broader ethos of their work as an artist, and their vision for the ways in which art can respond to environmental disaster in surprising, illuminating and ultimately hopeful ways.