Shakespeare South Studio —Creative Practice Lab

Shakespeare South Studio was founded by Alys Daroy and grew from her academic and theatrical practice. The studio provides a collaborative workshop lab for experimental creative research in ecoperformance.

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Alys has a PhD in Shakespeare, biophilic design, ecocriticism and ecoperformance from Monash and Warwick University.​​​ She is co-author, with Paul Prescott, of Shakespeare, Ecology and Adaptation for the Arden Shakespeare series (2025) and Sydney's Food Landscapes: Agriculture, Planning, Sustainability, with Joshua Zeunert (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025). 

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Recent creative research has been exhibited at the European Cultural Centre for the Venice Biennale, Form Gallery WA, the Conservatorio di Verona, and Phoenix Arts Sydney, amongst other venues.

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Alys's research has also appeared in Stanislavski Studies, Performance Research, RiDE, EJES and other publications, with chapters in collections including Critical Approaches to the Australian Blue Humanities and Woke Shakespeare. Her current research develops biophilic design approaches to Shakespearean ecocriticism and ecoperformance. Visting Fellowships include for the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, and Shakespeare's Globe. She has  previously acted as Sustainability Consultant at Shakespeare's Globe. 

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Awards include the S. Ernest Sprott Fellowship (University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts, 2025), Murdoch School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Research Excellence Award (2025) and Murdoch University Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award (2026).​

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Alys is an Australian-born, Australian and Latvian citizen with UK Residency and works across Australia, the UK and Europe. She is Academic Chair of Theatre and Creative Production and Lecturer in English and Theatre at Murdoch University. She is an External Researcher at the Centre for People, Place and Planet (WAAPA, ECU) and Gloknos: Centre for Global Knowledge Systems (est. University of Cambridge). 

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