Equity Conference 2026 - Durham - 9-11 May
Equity Conference is coming to Durham from Saturday 9 - Monday 11 May 2026. We look forward to welcoming members from across the UK for three days to debate policy and engage with the union's industrial and campaigning work.
Equity Conference 2025 - Derry - 10-12 May
Equity Conference took place in Derry's historic Guild Hall from Saturday 10 - Monday 12 May 2025. Members from across the UK came together for three days to debate policy and decide the union's agenda on everything from artificial intelligence to arts funding.
Motions passed include campaigning to defend soaps, ensuring theatre agreements contain suitable wig, hair and make up stipulations, joining with other groups to challenge of the threat of the far right and calling on the TUC federation of UK trade unions to lobby the government on artificial intelligence protections.
Documents 2025
Audio version of Conference Agenda and Motions
Read by Marina Hamilton
Equity Conference 2024 - Birmingham - 18-20 May
Equity Conference 2024 took place in Birmingham from Saturday 18 - Monday 20 May 2024.
The event was the best attended Equity conference ever, with the largest number of women and non-binary speakers and the most diversity of speakers and attendees yet seen at an Equity conference.
As well as 109 reps, 22 Equity councillors and 30 other members, guests had travelled from 15 countries across six continents, including visitors from Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Palestine. You can read a full round up here.
Audio version of Conference Agenda and Motions
Equity Conference 2023 - London - 20-22 May 2023
Equity Conference 2023 was held at the TUC's Congress Centre in London, 20-22 May, attended by 216 members, staff and invited guests.
Topics debated included self-taping, threats to drag artists, renewing the work around safe spaces, small venue closures, student membership, video games and arts cuts, including those affecting English National Opera.
A rally was held on the Saturday night in opposition to the mass closures of small venues across London and the whole UK, particularly LGBTQ+ venues.
This year saw an expanded fringe, with nine events covering topics including the social model of disability, political attacks on the right to strike and celebrating activism across the union.
A dinner was held at the British Medical Association on Tavistock Square, and Joseph Ballard, Summer Strallen and seven deputies from the English National Opera (represented by David John-Newman, Ronald Nairne and Amy Kerenza Sedgwick) were presented with Honorary Life Membership.