LAMDA Presents its First Green Season

LAMDA is proud to present its 2026 Green Theatre Season, the latest initiative towards its long-term sustainability goals aimed to culminate in an ISO 14001 Accreditation.  

Whilst Theatre Green Book practice has been one part of LAMDA’s institution-wide focus on sustainability goals for some time, the upcoming season of four plays being staged at LAMDA’s campus in Barons Court from 31 March – 9 April will have a specific focus on sustainability.

Begun as a collective initiative by theatre-makers in the UK, the Theatre Green Book has expanded to involve the performing arts industry across the world, highlighting theatre’s role in a journey towards living and working sustainably. 

LAMDA's Green Season will showcase the shared learnings of faculty and students gained by working to Theatre Green Book guidelines during the past two years, whilst at the same time using the chosen plays' subject matter to focus audience attention on why sustainability is important. The four plays making up the Green Season include: 
 

• Greenland by Moira Buffini, Matt Charman, Penelope Skinner & Jack Thorne
• Earthquakes in London by Mike Bartlett 
• When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell 
• The Play About My Dad by Boo Killebrew 

LAMDA’s Principal and CEO, Mark O’Thomas, is fully behind the strategy: "At LAMDA, sustainability is a core commitment. Our work in this area reflects a deliberate, institution wide shift in how we think about responsibility, governance, and long-term impact. We are embedding environmental accountability into our planning, operations, and decision making because we believe that creative excellence and environmental stewardship must go hand in hand. 

Our ‘Green Season’ builds on the evolving work of our Production and Technical Arts team over the past year to embed Theatre Green Book principles into our production processes, challenging ourselves to reduce carbon impact without compromising artistic ambition. This is not a one-off initiative but a shift in practice. By adopting Green Book strategies across successive productions, we are training the next generation of theatre-makers to see sustainability as integral to their craft. In doing so, we are contributing to a wider transformation in how theatre is made, taught, and sustained." 

Rob Young, Head of Production and Technical Training explains how sustainable practice has become an integral part of the Production and Technical Arts for Stage & Screen disciplines at LAMDA over the last three years: "On our stage productions, of which annually there are many, we work to the Theatre Green Book. We strive to make our productions hit the Intermediate Level, having achieved basic on previous seasons.

All Production and Technical Arts students have a responsibility to contribute, which they do readily, and this development of a sustainable practice sets them in good stead for entry into the industry which is also adopting sustainability practices by choice.  Planning far enough in advance and ensuring that all creative team members have enough time to collaborate and create is vital for tomorrow’s theatre practitioners. We are delighted that the students are determined to reduce the carbon footprint of our productions, while maintaining the high production values that LAMDA is known for."