Women in Theatre Festival: Arts Council England Taskforce Discussion

We are delighted to announce that Arts Council England has agreed to launch a year long taskforce to investigate the under-representation of and discrimination against women in the arts as a result of the 5 year Women in Theatre research project, which was run in partnership with The Writers Guild, Equity, WOW and others. Join us to learn more about the taskforce and to discuss better ways for supporting women in theatre.

Panel members will include representatives from the 5 year Women in Theatre research project plus theatre leaders including Stella Powell-Jones, Artistic Director at Jermyn Street Theatre, Kate McGrath, Artistic Director of Fuel, Kate Wasserberg, Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd, Pooja Gai and Valerie Synmoie, Artistic Director and Executive Director of Tamasha Theatre Company, and Tommo Fowler, New Works Associate at Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. The event will be chaired by Jennifer Tuckett, who chaired the final meetings with Arts Council England via which the taskforce was achieved.

Attendees will emerge with information about the taskforce (which will look at areas such as childcare, the gender pay gap and discrimination in the workplace), a toolkit of best practice for supporting women in theatre, a chance to share their ideas, and findings from the event will also be passed on to the Arts Council’s taskforce to inform their year long investigation.

The new taskforce is the first time ACE has agreed to take action in the five years of the research project, which was run in partnership with The Writers' Guild, Equity, WOW, the Women in Theatre Lab, Sphinx, ERA 50: 50, Black Womxn in Theatre, Parents and Carers in Performing Arts, Aurora Metro Books and others.

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