Full performances by five of our collaborating theatre companies can be viewed on the Cymbeline in the Anthropocene YouTube channel (click, or copy and paste https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXyG97JhOt2ukDaMPgSdfw)
Videos of presentations and discussions from our Eco-Shakespeare and Performance Symposium in July 2022 are also available:
- Day 1: Welcome; Willow Globe; Yosemite; Setebos
- Day 2: Exeter; Montana; Cornell; La Trobe
- Day 3: Directors' Roundtable
For a full symposium program and guide for each day of video, please see the video descriptions on Youtube, and/or visit our Events page.
Shakespeare's Cymbeline: Ecodramaturgy in Action
Cymbeline in the Anthropocene is an intercontinental network of seven environmentally committed theatre companies. Each one has created a site-specific production of Shakespeare’s tragi-comic romance, Cymbeline. Their common goal is to uncover past and present ecological values in the play’s vibrant range of stories, emotions, and terrains, and to adapt them to local environmental conditions in the hope of opening audiences’ imaginations to new ecological and biospheric horizons.
Project News
Emancipating the Anthropocene: The Global Cymbeline Project
As our final blog post, before this website is archived, Cymbeline Anthropocene presents the text of "Emancipating the Anthropocene: The Global Cymbeline Project," a talk by Randall Martin outlining the past three and a half years of this very project. Presented at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon in October 2022, the talk is presented here in full transcript, accompanied by presentation slides.
Cymbeline on CBC Ideas
The story of Cymbeline in the Anthropocene has made its way to a new format. An audio documentary featuring the CA team and collaborators is now available from the IDEAS podcast, which is produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). The documentary is available on demand on the CBC website or on the CBC Podcasts app. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-shakespeare-s-strangest-play-helps-us-confront-the-climate-crisis-1.6574152
Symposium Videos Now Available
Full video of Cymbeline in the Anthropocene's three-day Eco-Shakespeare in Performance Symposium is now available on our Youtube channel. Whether you missed joining us in Montana or virtually in July, or if you wish to revisit the brilliant conversations we were honoured to host, these videos are now free and accessible to most of the world.
Announcement: CA documentary on CBC Ideas
Cymbeline in the Anthropocene is pleased to announce the air date for a mini-documentary featuring our project and collaborators created by Pauline Holdsworth of IDEAS. A long-running culture and politics radio show produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), IDEAS will feature Cymbeline in the Anthropocene on their upcoming September 7th episode, airing at 8pm local time in Canada (8:30 in Newfoundland). The show will later be available on demand on the CBC Podcasts app.
Performance Symposium Underway!
Our Eco-Shakespeare and Performance Symposium is well underway! Day 1 was a resounding success featuring performance excerpts and discussion from three of our collaborating theatre companies, and video of the full day is available on our Youtube channel. We have just begun our live stream of Day 2's sessions, which include four more collaborating companies.
Theatre in Practice: Project Collaborators
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La Trobe University
Theatre Department, La Trobe University (Melbourne, Australia) -
Cornell University
Department of Performing and Media Arts, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York, USA) -
University of Exeter
Drama at University of Exeter (Exeter, UK) -
The Willow Globe
The Willow Globe (Powys, Wales) -
Setebos
Setebos (Buenos Aires, Argentina) -
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (Bozeman, MT, USA) -
Shakespeare in Yosemite
Shakespeare in Yosemite (Yosemite National Park, CA, USA)