Equity's award-winning magazine is published twice a year
The latest edition (Spring Summer 2026) is out now. This is an issue dedicated to Equity’s gigging ‘variety’ members – a term which describes performers who have their own act and work by performing at different gigs.
This includes members working in as varied and colourful fields as drag, comedy, burlesque, cabaret, circus, puppetry, storytelling, DJing, wrestling, magic, event and venue singing, as entertainers, and more.
Articles in this issue cover the trade union history of organising variety performers, how to union is winning back money for members from engagers who cancel shows or pay late, Equity’s plan for improving the working lives of London’s nightlife performers, and more.
The print edition of the magazine is sent out to all Equity members, wrapped in biodegradable packaging to keep things green. Plus you can view our online version or listen to the audio version below.
Read the Spring/Summer edition now