There are two Thinking Bigly shows. One about climate. One about death.
Both are interactive performance-lectures where the audience helps shape the story. The shows uses visual data, audience games and interaction to drive the performance along.
Available in theatre, office, school or non-conventional settings they can be commissioned to play for free for educational purposes. Details below.
Thinking Bigly: A Guide to Saving the World. A theatre performance-talk about sustainability and how you, finance and policy can be part of the solution. What reasons do we have to be hopeful in the current crisis moment?
Ben Yeoh gives a theatre performance talk, some times in conversation with David Finnigan (when he is in town) and an active audience. Shape our story through interactive games and learn about solutions to the world’s climate and sustainability challenges.
Next Public performances
Thinking Bigly: Guide to Save the World. Q1 2022, Chatham House.
Thinking Bigly: How We Die is at scratch stage expected for first public showing at Theatre Deli, Fri 26 Nov.
What’s the best way for Ben to die? Help Ben figure out his death admin. Shape his story. Plan his funeral. Learn how we used to die and where best to die. An interactive performance show where you help Ben have his best death.
Bigly is an anti-TED talk. Think you know the colour pink, koalas and interest rates? Find out why second order thinking plus cultural changes should give you hope on climate. The world is better than in the past; the world is still awful. We can do better. (What is a performance lecture?)
Booking free for education and thought-leadership events.
Performances (2019-21)
Arts Council (England, London), Royal Holloway University (UK), Brown University (US), RBC (London); CFA UK (digital), Theatre Deli (digital). Forthcoming: Chatham House (London), Central Drama (Virtual).
Toynbee Arts Cafe, Museum of London; Aon (London), RBC (New York), Green Party (Ealing), Theatre Deli (London), PWC (London).
If you are interested in booking the show for any event such as corporate education, please message me.
Feedback + Endorsements
“Loved the show last night. Loved it. Full of great ideas and techniques to bring the subject to people in a digestible way. It is a big elephant after all. I am going to try some of the tricks you used, esp:
- climate change confessions (and hopes)
- first order/second order considerations
- having ‘believability’ check-ins
- having a stall of topics for the audience to pick from to discuss (can’t cover all)
- reminding people that cultural change can happen quickly and doesn’t have to take generations...lots of examples to draw from
And that’s just for starters.
Thank you for defibrillating a sometimes flagging donkey.” ~ Sustainability Investor.
“I loved it. Very innovative lecture which brings to life second order consequences, the multifaceted approach needed at policy level and individual behaviour change, and ideas of mutually supportive innovation, performance standards, price signals...I do feel like I came away with more from that hour or so than I have some whole day conferences - because the information was "alive" and "in colour"!
Also, its not often you come away from an event on climate with any optimism(!) I wasn't aware of the Paul Hawken's drawdown work, the resources you shared were helpful do thanks for that.
Thank you thank you for an enjoyable, engaging and informative performance.” ~ Policy Maker in UK Regulator.
“Great talk Ben ... a pity you can't give that talk in every school and business in the world.” ~ Producer and Investor, Cultural Capital fund.
Resources and ideas behind Thinking Bigly are here. (It’s a long post)
Credits and Thanks
Tyger’s heArt, Melissa Holston (costumes), vimeo.com/tygersheart | digitalgothic.co.uk; Lab Ky Mo (filmmaker) | labkymo.com; Coney | coneyhq.org; Museum of London; Arts Admin