Performing Animal Rights
Episodes
Voices for Animals: The Animal Rights Choir
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Creativity With a Cause
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ben Hunt sits down with spoken word artist, digital collage maker, and vegan-feminist researcher Lauren-Marie Kennedy. From growing u...
Animating Animal Rights
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ben Hunt speaks with Rob Pownall, Founder and CEO of Protect the Wild, to mark the 10-year anniversary of the organisation's foun...
Vegan Character Comedy
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Performing Animal Rights Podcast, Ben Hunt sits down with Lee Brace, an award-winning actor, comedian, and writer known for his...
Building a Vegan Theatre
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Performing Animal Rights Podcast, host Ben Hunt sits down with Alison Harris and Terry Thompson, the founders and directors of ...
Viral Vegan Activism
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Performing Animal Rights Podcast, Ben speaks with Molly Elwood, creator of the satirical project Elwood Organic Dog Meat, and ...
Staging Animal Rights
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Performing Animal Rights Podcast, Ben Hunt interviews Anastasia Bunce, Artistic Director of Patch Plays, and Grace Joy Howarth,...
Theatre & Veganism
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Playwright and actor Bibi Lucille, talks to Ben about writing and performing a one-person vegan play, including her creative process and her experienc...
Performance in Animal Rights Roundtable
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In October 2022, creative activists came together to share their experiences of performance in the animal rights movement, for a live online event. Ho...
The Body & Activism
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben talks to animal rights activist Abi Foster (aka Animal Autonomy) about her latest fundraiser action, where she tagged her ear in solidarity with n...
Veganism on Stage
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben talks to playwright, author and activist, John Yunker about his work in bringing veganism to the stage, and why theatre can be a powerful medium i...
Performance in Strategy
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Youth Outreach and Campaigns Officer for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA UK), Simon Plazolles-Hayes, talks to Ben about utilising p...
Satire in Animal Rights
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben talks to activist and YouTuber David Ramms about his viral satirical sketches. This episode explores audience attention and authenticity in creati...
Performance in Direct Action
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Yvette Watt talks to Ben about her artistic practice and animal advocacy - specifically her performance project Duck Lake, which involved a group o...
Performing Trauma in Animal Rights
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode is from a radio interview for Slacks Weird Radio, as part of the New Bridge Project. Leigh Venus talks to fellow activist Ben Hunt ...
Drag & Animal Rights
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Singer, performer, dance and theater maker Daniel Hellmann talks about his experience as a performance artist and animal rights activist, especially a...
Singing Animal Rights
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben talks to singer and songwriter Barbara Helen about what music means to her, in her activism, and to the animal rights movement. At the end of a fa...
Embodying & Narrating Animal Rights
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writer, artist and activist Dr. Alex Lockwood talks to Ben about the impact of bearing witness to the non-human animal, the role of the activist, and ...
Performing Civil Disobedience
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben talks to performer and activist Harley McDonald-Eckersall about her experience and roles in animal and climate justice group Animal Rebellion, as ...
An Introduction - Why Performing Arts?
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Performance artist, researcher, and creator of the Performing Animal Rights Archive, Ben Hunt introduces the podcast series, by exploring why he think...