@freelancersmake.bsky.social'A proposed £1bn cut to the government’s arts and culture budget by the Conservative Party would leave theatres and art galleries “at risk in every part of the country”, Campaign for the Arts has warned.'
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@freelancersmake.bsky.social“The expectation to overdeliver is unspoken and loud. Everybody overcommits and as the artist you’re at the bottom of the food chain and expected to do your ‘magic’ in a system that is structurally f–cked.”
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@freelancersmake.bsky.social'Losing theatres such as the Gate should be a wake-up call for our industry's future' - Anthony Simpson-Pike, artistic director of Theatre503, in this week's The Stage.
@freelancersmake.bsky.socialAnother sad day...
Bristol Improv Theatre, the UK’s first venue dedicated to improvisation, has shut its doors with immediate effect and cancelled upcoming events.
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@freelancersmake.bsky.social"Brexit has betrayed UK artists like me by locking us out of Europe and throwing away the key." - Poet Simon Mundy
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@freelancersmake.bsky.social"Culture shapes politics, not the other way around, and as the climate space becomes increasingly contested, the arts have a serious job to do in making a case that should be obvious" - Freelance theatre consultant and writer Amber Massie-Blomfield
@freelancersmake.bsky.social'A proposed £1bn cut to the government’s arts and culture budget by the Conservative Party would leave theatres and art galleries “at risk in every part of the country”, Campaign for the Arts has warned.'
Read more in The Stage here: buff.ly/0mgBfV5
@freelancersmake.bsky.socialPlaywrights working under the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain’s collective agreement with UK Theatre will see an uplift of 3.5% to their minimum fees: buff.ly/1wIiLMJ
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@freelancersmake.bsky.social'Losing theatres such as the Gate should be a wake-up call for our industry's future' - Anthony Simpson-Pike, artistic director of Theatre503, in this week's The Stage.
@freelancersmake.bsky.socialPlaywrights working under the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain’s collective agreement with UK Theatre will see an uplift of 3.5% to their minimum fees: buff.ly/1wIiLMJ
@freelancersmake.bsky.social“Getting paid should not be a daily battle. And yes, this includes every time you want that 'informal chat' to know our thoughts too.” - Jayne Lawless, Artist.
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@freelancersmake.bsky.socialArts funding must reach the people making the work.
Culture Counts warns that recent increases in Scotland are not being felt by freelancers. Fair pay and accessible project funding must be priorities.
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@freelancersmake.bsky.socialThe show must go on. But at what cost? And to who?
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