About us
The Theatre Green Book
The Theatre Green Book began as a collective initiative by theatre-makers in the UK, but has grown to involve theatre-makers across the world.
We believe theatre has an urgent role to play in our journey to living and working sustainably, and that theatre’s own transition is best achieved through a common language, actions and standards that allow us to share and learn together. The Theatre Green Book provides that shared language.
Theatre communities work in different ways and face different challenges. The Theatre Green Book therefore operates as a loose ‘network of networks’ where each nation’s theatre community, under licence, translates and adapts the guidance to suit their way of working. But the basic approach and standards remain translatable.
The Theatre Green Book is a free resource for all theatre-makers, working at all scales.
The Theatre Green Book UK
The UK’s Theatre Green Book is the responsibility of the Theatres Trust, SOLT and UK Theatre, the Association of British Theatre Technicians, National Theatre, National Theatre of Scotland, Buro Happold and Renew Culture. They have formed an unincorporated association and work as a Steering Committee holding the copyright in the UK Theatre Green Book and working to ensure a sustainable long term future for the Theatre Green Book. They are informed by committees of theatre practitioners, covering productions, operations and buildings, as well as education and touring. The Theatres Trust holds the Secretariat for the Association.
Theatre Green Book currently has a small part-time team of three. Everyone else is a volunteer.
Theatre Green Book Team
General Enquiries – admin@staging.theatregreenbook.nl
- Lilli Geissendorfer – Director – lilli@staging.theatregreenbook.nl
- Laura Sedgwick – Producer – laura@staging.theatregreenbook.nl
- Stephanie Thomas – Project Coordinator – stephanie@staging.theatregreenbook.nl
Steering Committee
- Lisa Burger – Co-Chair
- Paddy Dillon – Co-Chair
- Phill Brown
- David Evans
- Paul Handley
- Joshua McTaggart
- Liz Sillett
- Gemma Swallow
- Andrew Wylie
Committee Chairs/Co-Chairs
- Claire Appleby & Christian Wallace – Buildings
- Katy Downton – Education
- Jim Harrison – Touring
- Juliet Hayes & Grace Christie – Operations
- David Evans, Paul Handley & Gemma Swallow – Productions
You can contact the Steering Committee or Committee Chairs via admin@staging.theatregreenbook.nl
International Theatre Green Book Networks and Partners
- European Theatre Convention
- Denmark – Baeredygtigt Kulturliv NU
- Germany – DTHG
- Ireland – Performing Arts Forum
- Netherlands – NAPK
- Australia
- Taiwan – Performing Arts Alliance
- UAE (Arabic TGB) – SPAA
Forming
Argentina, Brasil, Estonia, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden
New Theatre Green Book Networks and translations are forming all the time. They operate under a simple agreement and licence from the copyright holders to ensure the Theatre Green Book resources remain free, expertise shared and standards upheld.
For enquiries about forming a Theatre Green Book network or making a translation please contact sustainability@renewculture.co.uk
