22 October 2020

Equity General Secretary Paul Fleming emphasises the gaps in existing financial support and asks for an expansion and extension of the SEISS

20 October 2020

Email your MP to ensure our members can access financial help through the social security system, as promised by the Chancellor, for the duration of the coronavirus crisis

19 October 2020

Save Union Learning! Save FEU Training! Sign the petition! Share on Social Media! Tell us your experience

15 October 2020

SOLT and Equity have concluded a Variation Agreement which provides for temporary modifications to the SOLT Equity Agreement, designed to enable Theatres to re-open and help the industry re-build secure employment

08 October 2020

We've put together a factsheet to clear up some of the main areas of concern coming to us about the current ballot on variations to the SOLT/Equity Agreement for Performers and Stage Managers in the West End.

02 October 2020

This much-needed allocation is in addition to the other funding previously announced, and will provide a lifeline to the organisations and workers impacted by the coronavirus crisis

29 September 2020

Tomorrow morning Equity members will march through London to highlight the damage the theatre and live events industry are suffering - ask your MP to support the rally by sending them this letter

24 September 2020

“Today’s announcement is as underwhelming as it is terrifying. Only 40% of our members have received any money to date from the SEISS - and how can 20% of profit be anywhere near enough for people to survive on?"

22 September 2020

Dr Holly Maples, from East 15 School of Acting, who is also a freelance director as well as an academic, decided to created a research project that looks specifically at the effects of Covid on freelance artists in the UK

17 September 2020

Pantomime dames, creative workers and people excluded from government support during the pandemic will march, socially distanced, through London to call for continued and further support for the theatre & live events industry