Category: The New Greatest Show on Earth Project

Before the pandemic there was this common theme of lack of diversity within the Arts, sometimes dressed up as bullying or harassment. There was much said in the way of…

One of the best healers of the soul and mentally, music has become part of our daily lives for so many reasons. The evolution of music and instruments has been…

New works used to be a regular part of local theatres in the form of Rep or Repertoire theatre, it was a great way for new talent both on stage…

As many local and regional theatres come the end of their summer programme and prepare to go dark to spend a few weeks maintaining and upgrading of buildings and equipment.…

It’s been about 100 years since the last pandemic, which for the most part the theatre industry were rebellious and remained open in the UK, while many other businesses were…

Earlier this year many freelancers within our industry and beyond who were beneficiaries of the UK Government’s Covid emergency fund suffered a huge blow when a last minute announcement saying…

Many industries in the UK including theatre operate zero hours contracts, this is where an individual has a contract to work with a company or organisation. But the contract does…

The works of Shakespeare have been celebrated in so many different way over the years. I find that work that was written and performed in a time where white males…

Protecting the public in venues should always be paramount. Recently it has been announced by the government that legislation will be introduced for theatres and public venues to be given…

Bringing together this idea that creatives are entitled to work in safety, but they are also entitled to be safe at rest. I don’t just mean in their homes and…