About me
Dr Alys Daroy works in the environmental humanities and ecological arts, with a focus on Shakespeare, biophilia and adaptation. She is Academic Chair of Theatre and Creative Production at Murdoch University and holds positions as Affiliate Researcher at GloKnos: Centre for Global Knowledge Studies (University of Cambridge), and External Researcher at Centre for People, Planet and Place (ECU). Her research develops biophilic, ecocognitive frameworks to advance ecocriticism and ecoperformance, particularly in relation to early modern performance. Since completing her PhD in English and Theatre (Monash and Warwick) in 2023, Alys has published in leading journals, including Performance Research, Stanislavsky Studies and Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, as well as contributed to various edited volumes. She has co-authored two monographs: Shakespeare, Ecology and Adaptation (Bloomsbury/Arden Shakespeare, 2025) and Sydney’s Food Landscapes: Agriculture, Planning, Sustainability (Springer/Palgrave Macmillan, 2025), the latter of which is shortlisted for the Australian Urban Design Awards. Her forthcoming third monograph, Biophilic Shakespeare: Rewilding Ecocriticism and Ecoperformance, is under contract with Routledge. She is the recipient of an S. Earnest Sprott Award (University of Melbourne, Faculty of Arts) and is undertaking research with Visiting Fellowships at the Shakespeare Institute (University of Birmingham) and Shakespeare's Globe, London.
Alys' creative research has been presented nationally and internationally, including at Form Gallery WA and the European Cultural Centre (Venice Biennale). She is currently writing an Shakespearean eco-adaptation titled Il Vento, following international selection by the World Shakespeare Congress and the Conservatorio di Verona. She is Founder and Artistic Director of Australia's first eco-Shakespeare company, Shakespeare South, which was featured in Australia’s Culture for Climate Report, and sits on the Board of eco-Shakespeare company Come You Spirits, Sydney. Prior to academia, Alys worked as an actor and theatre-maker in the UK, Europe and Australia (National Theatre and Sunday Times Ian Charleson Award Commendation). She has worked with Shakespeare's Globe, the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival, Bard City London, Theatre Royal Stratford East and multiple others, as well as in screen and voiceover.
She is active in research supervision and is currently Unit Coordinator for EGL101 Theatre Elements: History and Performance, EGL214 Acting for Stage and Screen, and EGL231 Poetry as Performance: From Sonnet to Slam in Semester 1 2026.