We here at Theatre of the 7 Directions are offering two Ecotheatre courses this Autumn in The Park Ecovillage, Findhorn (a several minute drive from Forres). These group ecotheatre journeys will be facilitated by director Laura Pasetti. Through various creative exercises, participants in the two upcoming courses will be led from initial …
Björk and IcelandIceland is a nation whose general relationship with nature varies from other north European nations. The career of arguably their most famous musician is an expression of this. Björk Guðmundsdóttir (b. 1965) is our eco-artist of the month for September. Björk grew up on a remote island nation of 372,000 people. On that island, …
Dandelions are everywhere. They’re in fields, gardens, dumps, and at the side of pavements (called ‘dog pisses’ in some places for this reason). They pop up in the most established vegetation, or in newly disturbed soil – often first to grow even after wildfires (making them a pioneer species). They’re amongst the earliest bloomers in …
Dandelion Diamonds – ‘Are You Happy?’ Ecoreflections #2 Read More »
‘Rats with wings’ – a common speciesist phrase insulting pigeon-kind. Poor rats weren’t in our March 2023 ecotheatre play ‘Are You Happy?’, but pigeons were, so I’m here to come to their defence. These beautiful birds surround us every day in our cities, towns, villages and countryside. Perhaps it’s because they’re so prolific that they’re …
Pigeon People – ‘Are You Happy?’ Ecoreflections #1 Read More »
by Laura Pasetti Since I started my career as an actress I felt that theatre for me was much more than a job or a profession; 30 years ago I had to choose to do Foundation Year Programme (at the time, the so called two-year programme to become a member of Findhorn Foundation or pursue …
Why I decided to do a MA in Engaged Ecology at 53 years of age? Read More »
by Laura Pasetti & Mirel Stambuk Laura Pasetti has been working in the theatrical field for 33 years and she recently completed a one-year training in nature-based practices with the intention of focusing on developing a new – although very ancient – form of theatre which she calls Ecotheatre. Her explorations in this area …
By Anna Caterino These past two years (2020 & 2021) have been rather odd so far. They’re unprecedented times, by all means: we’re in the middle of a global pandemic, mental health issues are skyrocketing, and climate change is getting worse. Consequently, there seems to be an increasing feeling of isolation, abandonment, fear and …
