Interview with Angela Jelita Richardson
SWEDIAN LIE In this issue we talk to Jakarta-based journalist & environmental activist Angela Jelita Richardson about her experiences as a vegetarian and, more recently, a vegan — in particular…
Issue.04
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Wasted: Material Use in the Theatre
MICHAEL DONNAY Anyone who has worked in a theatrical scene shop knows the sight only too well. The designs for the next production come in, accompanied by a truckload of…
A Ritualized Relationship: Imagined Realities and the Environment
KELLEY KIDD The New Tower of Babel in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis | Source: Wikimedia Commons Neil Gaiman’s American Gods paints a picture of world in which the Gods are real…
Pandacamonium: Performing Child, Performing Wild, and Seeing as Conserving
CHRISTA PLUFF Pandas. Note to the editors: We could just link to the National Zoo panda cam and call it a day. Note to the readers: If you want to…
The Conservationists’ Dilemma
ZÖE GIELOW A year ago, an unremarkable American dentist from Bloomington, Minnesota travelled over sixteen hours to the grasslands around the Hwange National Park of Zimbabwe. He had all of…
Curtain Call: Spotlighting the Global Refugee Crisis
KATIE BELLAMY MITCHELL Directors take pains to ensure that the play will not be interrupted by what goes on backstage: they drape the stage with curtains to hide the bustle…
We’re Not the Only Ones: On Performing Kinship with the Natural World
In this issue of SixByEight Press, we’re exploring the theme of ‘The Environment’ in the context of how mankind — as the acting caretaker species — have uniquely complicated responsibilities…