Archive
NI status change for entertainers?
15 May 2013
HMRC is consulting on changes to National Insurance for Entertainers: find out more here
Westminster parking charges shelved
15 December 2011
Westminster Council delays plans to bring in charges in wake of protests from performers
Help shape Labour arts policy
15 December 2011
Shadow Minister for culture wants your views on the future of the creative industries
Apply for the John Fernald Award
13 December 2011
Equity Charitable Trust award supports theatre directors
MPs join members to fight cuts at the BBC
13 December 2011
The BBC wants to make 20% cuts over the next 5 years, which will mean the loss of 2,000 jobs and core programming, with Birmingham hit particularly hard
Equity member leads debate at STUC
28 November 2011
Natasha Gerson chaired the Scottish Trade Union Centre’s women’s conference
Have your say on entertainment licensing
17 November 2011
Get involved in the consultation about cutting red tape for those wishing to organise live entertainment such as music, plays, dance and film
Is it safe to be out?
15 November 2011
Is the entertainment industry a supportive and safe environment to be ‘Out’? Take the survey by Equity’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Committee.
Performers make their case in Parliament
10 November 2011
Equity members including Caroline Quentin, Claire Skinner and Philip Glenister promote the arts in the corridors of power
Budapest theatre director ousted by nationalist party leader
31 October 2011
István Csurka, artistic director of Budapest’s Új Színház repertory theatre, has been ousted by István Márta, leader of a right-wing nationalist party
Iranian actress set free from jail
27 October 2011
Detained Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr has been set free from jail following international pressure for her release.
