I finished my dissertation on sustainability assessment for scenery last week, and the experience was way more of an epic than it should have been. This is partly because personal circumstances led to a 5-month extension, conflicting demands and long, disruptive pauses. It was also because I got carried away and, er, sort of did the research for two dissertations – one on organisational barriers and one on Net Zero and circularity indicators. I’m not quite sure what kind of chimaera the result is, but all being well, I’ll end up with an MSc. Plus becoming part of the Centre for Alternative Technology family was amazing. What an incredible place!
So… ahem… I now have more availability to design shows. I turned a few projects down during my 3 years as a part-time student, but I do have to earn a living. I have teaching and graphic design side hustles, but scenography is what I love and what I do best. So as long as you’re committed to environmental sustainability, can pay at least the relevant Equity-negotiated rates, and have a production manager and a design budget, give me a shout! I’m ready for something ambitious, please.
I’m also keeping an eye out for practical research opportunities that connect to my MSc research and/or the work I’m doing with Ecostage. (Have you seen the Ecostage Framework yet?) And of course, if you want to have a chat about environmental sustainability, ecological thinking and the performing arts, I’m right here. But you might want to schedule a friend to phone you with a fake emergency in case I go on a bit.
