People's Emergency Briefing: særvisning for kultursektoren
People's Emergency Briefing: særvisning for kultur- og teatersektoren og webinarer til arbejdspladser, plus nyheder og inspiration.
A focus on the People's Emergency Briefing this month: a special screening for the arts and culture sector in London next week, and support if you'd like to organise a screening of your own. Plus a new report on the ROI of retrofitting cultural buildings to be more energy efficient, and award-winning wooden nails!
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The People's Emergency Briefing - special screening for culture and theatre sector
Theatre Green Book, in partnership with the Barbican, the Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT), and the Society of British Theatre Designers (SBTD), is presenting a special screening of The People’s Emergency Briefing as part of London Climate Action Week.
The People's Emergency Briefing features leading UK experts presenting a clear, evidence-based overview of the latest science, exploring how these challenges are already shaping our lives and what responses are still possible.
This screening at the Barbican in London on Wed 24 June at 2.30pm, invites everyone working across culture and theatre to reflect on what this means for our sector, our practices, and our role in the wider response.
The 50-minute screening will be followed by an informal Q&A with sustainability leaders from the presenting partner organisations.
Places are free but limited, so book your spot now. If you have access requirements, please email sustainabilityteam@barbican.org.uk.
This screening is part of a series taking place nationwide. To find a screening near you, see this interactive map.
Book your place at the Barbican screeening
People's Emergency Briefing Workplace Webinars
You can also can host your own PEB screening for your audience, community, network or workforce.
Together with ABTT and SBTD in partnership with the National Emergency Briefing, we're hosting two online webinars specifically for the arts and cultural sector to guide you through how to organise a screening.
We'll show the film, explain how screening events can work (whether these are internal for staff, or public-facing), and answer your questions.
There are two, free online sessions:
- Tue 7 July 12.30 - 2pm
- Wed 16 September 5.30 - 7pm
News and events
A big thank you to everyone who joined us at the ABTT Theatre Show earlier this month, and those who attended our sessions about the Sustainable Suppliers directory and on storage, asset management and Digital Product Passports (HT Nottingham Playhouse Workshops, Re-source and Tazaar). Save the date: next year's show will take place on 9-10 June 2027.
Congratulations to the winners in the sustainability categories of the 2026 ABTT Annual Awards: SAIL (Sustainability Arts and Industry Leaders) who won the People Award for Environmental Sustainabilty, and Beck Fastening / Reset Scenery, who won the inaugural Sustainable Product of the Year Award for their brilliant LINGOLOC system of wooden nails for scenic construction.
Another award-winner to celebrate: Lîla Dance won the National Rural Touring Forum Green Champion Award for its production Fault Lines. Congratulations to them and all the nominees.
Launched this week: The Path to Net Zero: Exploring Funding Options for Retrofitting Cultural Buildings. This new report, co-authored by Francesca Sanderson, Figurative and partners at Renew Culture, Buro Happold and MGAC, and co-commissioned by Arts Council England and Creative PEC, looks at seven case studies from across England and Wales to provide evidence on real-world energy and cost savings as well as the return on investment (ROI) from cultural retrofitting projects.
A Well-Adapted UK is the fourth independent assessment of UK climate risk, published by the Climate Change Committee. It includes a chapter on the risks climate change brings to the country's cultural heritage, together with actions to mitigate these risks.
A big thank you to everyone involved in creating the Netherlands Theatre Green Book translation and website, launched this month and live at theatregreenbook.nl.
Coming up…
On now and running to 11 July, London's Climate Story Bank is an exhibition collecting objects, sounds and images that mark how life in London is changing due to climate change. Among the events taking place, theatre-maker Eleanor Warr is leading Creative Disobedience, a hands-on, playful workshop exploring performance as a tool for climate justice on Sat 4 July 1pm - places are free.
The annual Arts Marketing Association Conference takes place in Leeds from 15-17 July. This year's programme includes a session on "Tackling the Climate Crisis together", supported by Supercool.
The next in our monthly series of Buildings Webinars focuses on biodiversity, and includes contributions from Claire Wardroper, Costume Production Supervisor at the National Theatre, and Rachel De Matei, Principal Consultant for Expedition Engineering. The free webinar is on Fri 17 July 1-2pm. You can register for this and all the rest of the forthcoming series, and watch recordings of earlier sessions here.
Chichester Festival Theatre is hosting In Conversation - The Climate Crisis on Tue 28 July 5pm, with theatre-makers, academics and activists in a panel discussion inspired by CFT's co-production with Theatr Clwyd Atlantis.
Equitable Touring: Performance, Technology, and Sustainable Futures is a two-day conference on Fri 31 July / Sat 1 August at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Organised by Royal Central's Centre for Performance, Technology and Equity (PTEQ), the programme looks for answers to the much-asked question "what are we going to do about touring?". Registration costs £50, with day rates and discounts for unwaged people available.
Theatre Green Book holds regular, free introductory webinars that help you get started using Theatre Green Book and its key tools. The next Theatre Green Book Introduction webinar is Wed 8 July 1-2pm and the next Production Calculator webinar is Wed 29 July 1-2pm.
For any past events you may have missed you can see our archive here.
Stories and inspiration
Hear from Headlong producer Zoë Robinson on how her company uses Theatre Green Book and their journey to making ROBOTA, opening in Oxford next month, which aims to be their first Advanced Standard production.
Also opening next month at the Unicorn Theatre in London, Whatever the Weather is an immersive play experience co-created with young people and their families. The co-production with Theatre Hullabaloo has been made with 60% recycled or reused materials, 70% of which will be recycled or reused after the production.
This great series of videos from Pigfoot Theatre and ThickSkin gives a practical guide to thinking, making and touring theatre while considering its climate impact.
Thank you
Thank you for being part of the Theatre Green Book community. If you have events, stories or questions you'd like to share via this newsletter, do get in touch: admin@theatregreenbook.com
The Theatre Green Book team