'Future Theatre' Group
Andrew Whyment represented FMTW at 'Future Theatre' group's meeting. Like last week, there were over a hundred theatre workers in attendance, many of them freelance.
The meeting was two-hours in length and was chaired by Amanda Parker of Inc. Arts
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Prasanna Puwanarajah, talked about the extensive data compiled from freelancers in the Big Freelancer Survey. There will be information summarising this data in the coming weeks.
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Kay Michael and Fehinti Balogun spoke about how people in the arts can affect climate change
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Francesca Murray-Fuentes and Molly Sharpe shared their work on the Exchange Project, which sets up professional freelancers with furloughed professionals for professional development and artistic growth. click here
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A member shared information on a theatre march (which is being organised for 11 July at 12pm. click here
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Members were encouraged to join at www.campaignforthearts.org and consider signing the accompanying petition
The meeting continued with breakout rooms.​
This group's meeting minutes will now be published on the FMTW website in a tab under the News section called Theatre Future Group News.
FMTW will continue attending and reporting back on the conversations about the future of theatre.