Code of Best Practice for Self-tape and Zoom Auditions
Equity, the Casting Directors Guild, the Personal Managers’ Association and the Co-operative Personal Managers Association have come together…
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Making Self-Tape Auditions Accessible
Equity’s Deaf and Disabled Members Committee have developed guidance for casting directors to make self-tape auditions accessible
Socio-Economic Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts: A Toolkit for Employers
This Toolkit is based on evidence from a decade of the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme. Fair access…
Equity Guidelines for Entertainment Professionals Working with LGBT+ Performers
Equity’s LGBT+ Committee, in collaboration with All About Trans and Spotlight, has published a set of industry guidelines for…
Eclipse
Eclipse is the foremost Black-led national production company in the UK, at the vanguard of delivering diverse programming…
Yellow Earth Theatre
Since its beginnings in 1995, Yellow Earth’s work has been informed by the rich, diverse perspectives and experiences…
tiata fahodzi
tiata fahodzi’s mission is to play its part in generating a richer, more multiple mainstream theatre culture by…
Maya Productions
Maya Productions bring together organisations and artists who passionately want their work to enable change, socially, politically and…
Talawa
Talawa is the UK’s primary Black led touring theatre company. Its work is informed by the wealth and…
Tamasha
Tamasha is a diverse cohort of bold and playful theatremakers. Foregrounding emerging and established artists from culturally diverse…
Blacktress
Blacktress UK is a grassroots network and support group for self-defined Black Womxn actors of the African diaspora.…
Intimacy Directors International UK
Intimacy Directors International UK (formally Theatrical Intimacy) is a network of Intimacy Directors and Intimacy Coordinators. IDI-UK supports…
BEATS -British East Asians in Theatre & on Screen
BEATS is a not-for-profit organisation founded by British East Asians working in Theatre and across the Screen industry.…
Meaningful minority inclusion
In this article from Exeunt Magazine, theatre director Adam Lenson writes why the Jewish community needs to be…
HowlRound – casting articles
HowlRound is a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide that amplifies progressive, disruptive ideas about the art…
Legal FAQs on discrimination
Understanding the legal framework around discrimination – a guide for theatre producers, owners and managers
Understanding Trans and Non-Binary Casting
A blog post, written by Jezza Donovan, Gendered Intelligence trainer, mentor and youth worker, and member of Spotlight,…
Play Fair
Play Fair is Equity’s campaign to challenge the industry on the persistent under-representation of diversity, and discriminatory practice…
What is intersectionality?
An Article by Dr Lisa Woynarski, Tonic’s Advance Research Associate, Central’s Research Team on addressing equality as part…
Intersectionality and casting
An article on intersectionality and casting, read how colourism causes a lack of representation for all forms of…
Gendered Intelligence
Resources by and for transgender, transsexual and gender questioning young people in the UK and beyond
Neropa
Belinde Ruth Stieve‘s NEROPATM Neutral Roles Parity is a unique method for reducing gender imbalance in scripts and…
Unlimited
Unlimited provides a wide range of resources around access in the arts for both artists and audiences
Act For Change
Campaigning for better representation across the live and recorded arts
Deafinitely Theatre
The UK’s first professional deaf launched and led theatre company that works bilingually in British Sign Language and…
ERA 50:50
Campaigning for 50:50 gender balance on British stage and screen
Gendered Intelligence
A not-for-profit organisation that works to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve the lives of trans people...
Graeae
Breaking down barriers, challenging preconceptions and boldly placing d/Deaf and disabled artists centre stage
PIPA – Parents and carers in the Performing Arts
Working in partnership with employers and industry organisations to embrace more dynamic, family friendly and people centered working…
Ramps on the Moon
A critical movement in the UK theatre sector, striving for a step change in the inclusion and integration…
Shape Arts
A disability-led arts organisation which works to improve access to culture for disabled people
Tonic
Tonic believes greater gender equality, diversity and inclusivity in the arts is not just desirable but is achievable...
Transacting
An acting project for trans and non-binary people, developed by Gendered Intelligence and Central School of Speech and…
Unlimited
Supporting ambitious, creative projects by outstanding disabled artists and companies across theatre, dance, music, literature, film and more
All Change Please by Lucy Kerbel
A practical guide to achieving gender equality in theatre by Tonic's Lucy Kerbel
Arts Council England’s Creative Case for Diversity
Find documents, videos and links and other resources
Meeting Ethical and Reputational Challenges
Practical guidance on ethics for cultural organisations
ProFile
A video database of D/deaf and disabled actors for use by casting directors
Outdoor Arts & ISAN
A practical toolkit to make outdoor arts events more accessible to deaf and disabled audiences and artists
Shape Arts
A host of resources on improving access to culture for disabled people including top tips and a useful…
Graeae
Resources helping to place d/Deaf and disabled artists centre stage, including a Media Language Guide and Access Essentials…