Climate Change Theatre Action play readings project

Over the past few months, Platform has been working with theatre-maker Hazel Darwin-Clements and a group of actors to present a series of quickfire, 5-minute play-readings to local schools and organisations – with an aim to spark follow on conversation about climate, community, and collective responses to change. 

The project is part of Climate Change Theatre Action, an organsiation which uses storytelling and live performance to foster dialogue about the global climate crisis, creating an empowering vision of the future, and inspiring people to take action.

Hazel and the actors visited Oakwood Primary School, St Benedict’s Primary School, Agnew Lane community garden, The Glenburn Centre (community centre)  and a group of students from Glasgow Kelvin College.

The readings were followed by a relaxed discussion with Hazel where actions and aims were shared by each group. Ideas focused around spending more time in their community garden, using Amazon less, consuming less, cycling more and researching their digital footprints. 

Matt Addicott, Artistic Director at Platform said: “It was a really positive project and the play readings really helped unpack the themes and content of each of the selected scripts to stimulate conversation and debate with the groups.

"The conversations I overhead whilst travelling around and watching the readings were inspiring with the plays kick-starting often quite deep reflection and thought. 

“The primary schools had prepared their own readings and these were fantastic – it was great to hear what they found of interest and important in the texts”.

This project was made possible by the work that Project Co-ordinator Jordan at  The Pavillion in Easterhouse have been doing over the last 18 months.

Read more about Climate Change Theatre Action here.