Dr Tom Payne: Climate research combining with arts
Dr Tom Payne, senior lecturer in performance studies, has launched a new programme of climate-focused research, performance and exhibition this month at the Crucible Theatre. Storm-Cloud will be a series of performances, creative works, and dialogue events combining climate research with art, inspired by John Ruskin. Tom was featured in BBC Online, the Yorkshire Post and BBC Radio Sheffield (listen back from 2:50:53).
Dr Tom Payne is a Senior Lecturer in Acting & Performance within the College of Social Sciences and Arts at Sheffield Hallam University, specialising in site-specific, participatory, relational, and digital performance practices. His research expertise includes contemporary performance, English language theatre in Wales, 21st-century national theatre, site-specific performance, practices of location, and participatory approaches to climate change and the eco-social.