Ecology and Climate in Theatre and Australian Performance (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009618267)

Charting a history of theatrical resistance to environmental exploitation, this study places drama and theatrical performance staged in Australia within the context of international scholarship to address changing ecological systems. Exploring the staging of disasters ranging from droughts and floods to forest fires and rising seas, it examines a strikingly diverse body of work that reflects the entanglement of socio-economic and environmental forces leading to ecological damage and climate change. Weather phenomena become protagonists in plays by Jack Davis, Andrea James, Louis Nowra and Hannie Rayson, while mutant creatures manifest climate threats in Jill Orr's work, and performances by the Australian Indigenous Marrugeku and Bangarra Dance Theatre invite grief for immense losses. Featuring First Nations performance and its profound knowledge of biodiverse multispecies habitats, this study challenges the ways in which socio-ecological disaster is called 'natural' and positioned outside human responsibility.

Author: Peta Tait,Denise Varney,Lara Stevens
ISBN-10: 1009618261
ISBN-13: 9781009618267
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/09/2026
Pages: 282
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d