THE
THEATRE
GREEN
BOOK

Designing, Staging & Cleaning Up a Performance

Sustainable Productions covers the entire process of designing, staging, and cleaning up a performance.

This includes:

Planning a production
Making and Disposal
Touring
Technical
Running a Production

Below you can access the detailed guidance, and the Production Calculator, to measure the impact of materials used for your costumes, sets and scenery.

ETC Theatre Green Book - Productions (Detailed Guidance)

ETC Theatre Green Book - Production Calculator and Standards

ETC Theatre
Green Book Webinar

Productions

The ETC Theatre Green Book webinar series is designed to accompany European theatres to reach net zero by 2030.
Led by Renew Culture experts Paddy Dillon and Lisa Burger, these sessions will equip ETC Member Theatres with the tools to create greener productions, operations, and buildings.In this webinar, Paddy Dillon and Lisa Burger explain how to use the new measurement tool to track the sustainability of theatre productions.

Watch it here Accessible to ETC Member Theaters Only

Download and read the full version of the ETC Theatre Green Book, covering Productions, Buildings, and Operations.

ETC Theatre Green Book - July 2024

A case study by Deutsches Theater Berlin about how they started their journey with sustainable productions and the ETC Theatre Green Book.