Performing Animal Rights

Walking the route: on pilgrimage, performance, and Watership Down

Durational, geographical, and embodied acts of understanding

Apr 15 • Dr Ben Hunt

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How singing together reshapes advocacy, empathy, and resistance

A conversation with the Animal Rights Choir on voice, community, and collective practice

Apr 3 • Dr Ben Hunt

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March 2026

Voices for Animals: The Animal Rights Choir

In this episode, Ben is joined by Jen Armstrong and Sue Joyce from the Animal Rights Choir; a growing collective using music, voice, and community to…

Mar 24 • Dr Ben Hunt

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Navigating power, story, and systemic change

Rethinking how we choose campaigns in the animal movement

Mar 22 • Dr Ben Hunt

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January 2026

Embodying resistance: what Grotowski and Artaud offer animal activism

On training, presence, and the politics of truth in performance

Jan 31 • Dr Ben Hunt

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December 2025

Visibility, voice, and vision: Reflections on performance and animal advocacy

A look back at 2025, and a look ahead to what’s stirring in 2026

Dec 30, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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Rehearsing resistance: What political theatre can offer animal advocacy

On Boal, Brecht, and the unfinished work of representing nonhuman struggle

Dec 2, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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October 2025

Have we lost the plot, or just the frame?

Reflections on boldness, narrative, and performance in a co-opted movement

Oct 30, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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Performing collapse: Foxes, futures, and the power of storytelling

Reflections from York, narrative tensions, and the dramaturgy of the posthuman

Oct 8, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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September 2025

Beyond the human: presence, absence, and reflection after a summer of conferences.

From Warwick to Copenhagen, thinking through power, trauma, and interspecies performance

Sep 2, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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August 2025

Performing animals? Puppetry, speciesism, and the politics of representation

Reflections on ethics, spectacle, and Zooclasm in animal advocacy

Aug 3, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt

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July 2025

What moves us: imagery, emotion, and the art of persuasion in animal advocacy

Reflections from Edinburgh, messaging studies, and the role of creative tension

Jul 15, 2025 • Dr Ben Hunt