The Climate Crisis debated at Chichester Festival Theatre
A panel discussion, In Conversation: The Climate Crisis will take place at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre on Tuesday, July 28 at 5pm, inspired by the themes of Emily White’s new play Atlantis which runs in the Minerva from July 18-August 15.
The talk will explore where we currently stand in the climate crisis and consider the role and responsibility of art and culture in responding to it.
Chaired by Fern Culture’s Amber Massie-Blomfield, the panellists are director and writer Daniel Bailey, chair of the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Nicholas Stern, and international climate activist Tori Tsui.
Amber Massie-Blomfield is director of Fern Culture, a company empowering the theatre sector to act on climate. Formerly executive director of Complicité, she's produced acclaimed international theatre projects, and as an author she's written extensively about the transformative potential of arts, including her recent book Acts of Resistance: the power of art to create a better world.
Daniel Bailey is a director, dramaturg and a writer. He was formerly associate artistic director at the Bush Theatre, London, having previously been associate director at Birmingham Rep Theatre. He made his West End debut in 2024 with Tyrell Williams’ award-winning Red Pitch, which he originally directed at the Bush in 2022, and for which he received The Stage Debut Award for Best Creative West End Debut. Other roles include associate artist at Theatre Royal Stratford East, resident director at the National Theatre Studio, resident assistant director at The Finborough Theatre, and artistic director of New Heritage Theatre.
Nicholas Stern (Lord Stern of Brentford) is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, chair of the Global School of Sustainability and chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was head, UK Government Economic Service 2003-2007, and produced the Stern Review on the economics of climate change. He was president of the Royal Economic Society (2018-2019). He was knighted for services to economics (2004), made a life peer (2007), and appointed Companion of Honour for services to economics, international relations and tackling climate change in 2017. He has published more than 25 books; the latest, The Growth Story of the 21st Century: the economics and opportunity of climate action was published by LSE Press in autumn 2025.
Tori Tsui is a climate justice campaigner and author. She is a senior advisor for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and climate justice lead for Brian Eno’s Earth Percent. Her debut book It’s Not Just You was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize.
Atlantis runs at the Minerva Theatre from July 18-August 15, directed by Guy Jones in a co-production with Theatr Clwyd. The play, winner of the George Devine Award, follows four generations as they discover the cost of saving their home – and the planet.
Tickets for In Conversation: The Climate Crisis are £12 (Prologue tickets for ages 16-30: £5). Tickets for Atlantis start at £10 (Prologue tickets £5). To book, visit www.cft.org.uk or ring 01243 781312.