Living Newspaper Clippings: Ruby Thomas and Chris Thorpe in conversation

Living Newspaper Clippings, is a new series of conversations between some of the writers and artists who are creating Living Newspaper at the Royal Court Theatre.

“I suppose one thing that connected them both in my head was like…there’s a very definite attempt to come to grips with the fact that we might all be fucked”

Writers Ruby Thomas (Either) and Chris Thorpe (Victory Condition) wrote for The Weather Room of the Living Newspaper, in Edition 2 and Edition 1 respectively. In the Living Newspaper, The Weather Room is an installation designed to evoke changing weather states and is a space to contemplate our own impact on the climate crisis.

In this episode Ruby and Chris discuss creating their pieces for Living Newspaper, and the balance of writing about the climate crisis and climate justice without sounding “worthy”.

Living Newspaper clippings is available to listen on Apple Podcasts and you can also stream this episode on our website here.

This conversation has been transcribed and can be accessed here.

Watch excerpts from The Weather Room