Legal Thought Experiments
Imagining The Future When Two Worlds Collide For over 20 years, my work in theatre was about imagining brave new worlds – conjuring ‘impossible’ versions of reality that felt brighter, more hopeful, and offering optimistic visions of futures we might shape together. Our goal was to create experiences that left audiences thinking “What if…?” and […]
Storytelling for Impact
A workshop for high performing organisations and teams to enhance storytelling techniques for maximum impact. In this workshop I bring together two strands of my experience: 25 years as a writer and director working with storytelling as a tool for change, and recent work in international law and climate litigation examining how […]
Research
My research work sits at the intersection of science, law, policy and lived experience. I am expert in exploring subjects where the evidence is complex, the stakes are high and the answers genuinely matter. I focus on generating insights that are carefully evidenced and, most vitally, useful in practice. Case Study: Storytelling in Climate Litigation […]
InBetweenDays
(InBetweenDays) is the name I use for my consultancy and research practice, working at the intersection of storytelling, law and climate justice. Trust the (well designed) Process “When outcome drives the process, we will only ever go where we’ve already been. If the process drives outcome, we may not know where we’re going but, when […]
Shell: The Story of Oil
An interactive performance-lecture by J Spooner Available for booking through 2026 What Is The Show? Shell: The Story of Oil tells the history of Shell as the story of oil, capitalism and climate breakdown. From a library of postcards, short chapters are picked by the audience – like a “choose your own adventure” – as […]