About me
Alys Daroy PhD is a scholar-practitioner in the ecological arts, working at the intersection of theatre, ecology and design. She is Academic Chair of Theatre and Creative Production at Murdoch University, Affiliate Researcher at Centre for Global Knowledge Studies (GloKnos), and External Researcher at Centre for People, Planet and Place (ECU). Her research develops biophilic and eco-cognitive approaches to Shakespeare and performance, advancing multispecies justice, early modern ecoscenography and regenerative placemaking. She is co-author of Shakespeare, Ecology and Adaptation (Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2025) and Sydney’s Food Landscapes (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025), shortlisted for the Australian Urban Design Awards, and has published widely in environmental humanities. She completed her PhD in English and Theatre (Monash/Warwick) in 2023.
Alys is the recipient of the S. Ernest Sprott Fellowship Award (2025–2026, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne). Her creative work has been presented at the European Cultural Centre (Venice Biennale), Form Gallery WA, Shakespeare's Globe and other international venues. She is Founder and Artistic Director of Shakespeare South, as Featured in Australia’s Culture for Climate Report, sits on the Board of Come You Spirits, and was selected to create an original Shakespearean adaptation with the Conservatorio di Verona for the World Shakespeare Congress. 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 is currently developing a Shakespearean adaptation with the Conservatorio di Verona and writing her third book, Biophilic Shakespeare, to be published by Routledge in 2027.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0387-426X
Alys provides research supervision across Honours, Masters, and PhD levels in literature, performance, and the environmental arts. In Semester 1, 2026, she is Unit Coordinator and Lecturer for EGL101 Theatre Elements: History and Performance, EGL214 Acting for Stage and Screen, and EGL231 Poetry as Performance: From Sonnet to Slam. Prospective students are welcome to contact her at alys.daroy@murdoch.edu.au.