Staging planetary evolution and destruction: A roundtable discussion about AnthropoScene.

A panel of experts from Brock and beyond discussed the Department of Dramatic Arts’ fall Mainstage production, AnthropoScene, which explored how the alienation that results from humans’ supremacist behaviour towards one another contributes to the climate crisis, as well as engages the ethics of theatricalizing the present climate emergency.

Brock Professor of Art Education Fiona Blaikie led the discussion alongside Fancy; Vivian; Christine Daigle, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Brock’s Posthumanism Research Institute; Katrina Dunn, Assistant Professor in the University of Manitoba’s Department of English, Theatre, Film and Media; Lin Snelling, a dancer whose artistic practice brings the qualities of improvisation into dance, theatre, writing, visual art and somatic practice; and Priya Thomas, Assistant Professor of Dramatic Arts at Brock University.

Event listing at the Department of Dramatic Arts.

Article about AnthropoScene at Brock University.

Article about AnthropoScene at the Department of Dramatic Arts.