Writing in the Context of the Climate Emergency

When everything can seem so bleak, how do you make creative and bold theatre which places our current global context at the heart of the creative process? Join Lucy Wray to discover how Climate Dramaturgy, a new artistic approach pioneered by Zoë Svendsen and Lucy herself, can be embedded in your practice.

This event takes place in the Barretts Bar.

Lucy Wray bio

Lucy Wray (they/she) is a director, collaborative theatre maker and climate dramaturg, whose work explores big political topics through intimate stories, games and encounters. Recent projects include My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar as co-writer and director (Brixton House, Winner OFFIES Awards 2024); FERTILE a live video game, as co-writer/performer (Colchester Arts & UK Tour); cli-fi serial Rez High as director (audio drama podcast, Rusty Quill); Ghosts as associate director/script editor (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe). Trained at The Oxford School of Drama, Lucy has been shortlisted for GENESIS Future Directors Award, RTST Sir Peter Hall Directing Award and longlisted for the JMK Young Director Award. They have been Resident Director at National Theatre, Almeida and make inter-disciplinary projects as Associate Artist at METIS. Lucy was a Barbican Creative Curriculum Artist and works with young people as a Forest School facilitator and RSC Associate Learning Practitioner.