A space for artists, activists, and researchers exploring the intersections of performance and animal liberation.
Here, we ask:
What can performance do for animals?
How can theatre, storytelling, and embodied practice transform activism?
What happens when the stage becomes a site of interspecies resistance?
Performing Animal Rights draws on fieldwork, creative practice, and international collaborations to explore how art can challenge speciesism, amplify animal voices, and cultivate radical empathy.
What to expect:
Thought pieces and research insights on performance and animal rights
Behind-the-scenes looks at activist art and creative campaigns
Interviews with artists, scholars, and organisers working at the edge of performance and politics
Reflections on live work, creative processes, and interspecies encounters
Occasional dispatches from the field: rehearsals, protests, festivals, and more
About me
I’m Ben Hunt, a performance maker, researcher, and campaign consultant working at the intersection of theatre, activism, and animal liberation. My work explores how performance, embodiment, and storytelling can challenge species hierarchies, support activist resilience, and open up new ways of thinking about nonhuman animals.
I hold a PhD in Performance Studies and have worked across theatre, education, and animal rights campaigning, including developing creative strategies for NGOs, delivering training, and producing performance-led projects that centre animal perspectives. Much of my research and practice focuses on trauma, affect, and what performance can do that policy and data alone often cannot.
Performing Animal Rights grows out of this work, as a space for research-led writing, creative thinking, and practical tools for activists and artists who believe culture matters in movements for change.
You can find more of my work, projects, and consultancy at benhunt.info
Whether you're a seasoned activist, a theatre-maker, a scholar, or simply curious about how the arts can drive change, you're welcome here.
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