Equity

Over four thousand people, including some of the UK’s best known performers, have signed an online petition calling on TV companies to address the imbalance of male and female roles on UK television. Recent research reveals that for every two male roles in a drama there is just one female.. Make sure you join in the protest! Click here to go to the petition.

The petition is open to the viewing public to sign. Equity is calling on members to sign the petitio and to forward it to your friends and family. If we get real numbers, we can have a real effect.

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Every two years, Equity members elect committees of fellow members to advise the Equity Council on specialist matters. These committees play a vital role in developing policy and representing special interests and they are a key part of Equity’s decision making process. They are an important voice within the union to which the Council turns for advice.

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Special performance and demonstration planned against council's censorship of burlesque performances.

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Please note that in error the name of one candidate has been omitted from the ballot paper for the Equity Women's Committee. As a result, this election will be re-run in the Summer.

For any enquiries about these elections please e-mail Equity and we will try to answer them promptly.

The Actors Cut “A phenomenal way of Learning” Judi Dench

Funding from Skillset, Equity, Glasgow Film Office and £140k in-kind sponsorship from Panavision, Kodak, Harkness Screens, Panalux, Wales Millennium Centre and BBC Scotland, has enabled Andrew and Gregory Byatt of the Scottish Film Actors and Writers Workshop to produce again this life changing film-acting course.

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Equity members are once again taking part in the London Pride Parade.

This is an annual get together for our LGBT members and we welcome all members and student members who want to come along and join in.

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Find out how Equity was able to support a member with an injury he suffered at work.

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Equity members in Northern England will be aware that Crag Rats Theatre Rats has gone into receivership. However, artists already booked for Simulated Patient work should present themselves for this work as contracted.

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Muscle strain? Lost voice? Stage fright? If you are a member with any performance-related health problem you are entitled to help from the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine. (BAPAM).

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July 4 conference brings together choreographers to share ideas and meet.

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Equity has given an unequivocal welcome to the report from the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee which has recommended that the Government makes fundamental changes to the 2003 Licensing Act.

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A group of Equity members including Michael Elwyn, Stephen Fry, Susan Hampshire, Joanna Lumley and Alison Steadman helped launch "Equity" on the opening day of the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show.

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You may have heard about the careers and learning advice service offered by Equity in partnership with Skillset but here you can find out more.

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To download a complete list of all motions carried at the 2009 Equity Annual Representative Conference, held in Blackpool on 15, 16 and 17 May, click on the link below.

• ARC motions carried

If you feel you have a case for making a personal injury claim. Equity members can now access a 24 hour telephone helpline, run by Morrish and Company on 0808 156 1440 or you can submit the information online.

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Equity members wanting to call the union's Tax and Welfare Helpline should note that the service has changed days and is now available on Mondays and Thursdays from 10.00 -13.00 and 14-00 - 17.00 . Members should please update their records accordingly.

Since the early ‘90s, the International Federation of Actors (FIA) has been campaigning at WIPO for an international treaty granting minimum intellectual property protection to audiovisual performances. Read about the latest devlopments in the Spring 2009 edition of FIA Focus.

The number of people using our tvischanging website has passed 33,0000. Are you one of them? If not perhaps you should have a look...

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