Newsletters
All the newsletters from the Freelancers make Theatre Work team in one handy place.
Freelancers Make Theatre Work is run by a small voluntary group of freelancers. The group is not fixed but fluid and welcomes participants who are willing to give time. Each week, a different member of the team writes the newsletter…

2023 Newsletters - Click to expand
August 23 – Working in Europe – Time to act
August 18 – Does “Levelling Up” leave freelancers behind?
July 19 – BFS response – what next?
July 4 – Trade Unlocked 2023 conference
June 22 – Big Freelancer Survey 2023 – REPORT OUT NOW
April 5 – Big Freelancer Survey 2023 – last chance
March 13 – Big Freelancer Survey 2023 – update
2022 Newsletters - Click to expand
December 7 – FREE mental health and wellbeing surgery for Theatre Freelancers
October 28 – Arts Council England NPO announcement delay
October 19 – Job Juggling Report 2022
May 30 – Freelance : Futures Launch
April 1 – Big Freelancer Survey Extended
March 17 – Surveying the long view by Vicki Mortimer
March 16 – Levelling Up and Let’s Create
March 02 – The Big Freelancer Survey 2022
February 14 – Freelance Problem Solving
2021 Newsletters - Click to expand
December 19 – How are you doing? by Mimi Doulton
December 7 – Freelancers Make Theatre Work and The 10 Principles by Sunita Hinduja
November 16 – Research with Freelancers Make Theatre Work
November 10 – Making theatre greener
November 2 – BUMPER EDITION: Heroes, Lobbying, 10 Principles and more… by Nikki Edmonds
October 27 – A better future, Art at Risk and Wellbeing by Matt Humphrey
October 19 – Volunteer with Freelancers Make theatre Work
September 28 – Alone by Athena Stevens
September 20 – No, Minister by Mimi Doulton
September 15 – Universal Credit and the rise in National Insurance by Paul Carey Jones and Emma Jayne Park
September 6 – A Pattern of Behaviour by Paule Constable
August 10 – Touring in Europe by Paul Carey jones
July 20 – Dear Industry, this is how we are feeling by Sunita Hinduja
July 14 – Balancing the Welcome
July 7 – The State of Play Across the Country
June 16 – The Future Of Theatre
June 8 – Amateur Choirs – We need their voice
May 26 – A year of Freelancers Make Theatre Work
May 18 – Reopening and restoration by Keslie Acton
May 10 – Keeping the Freelance voice heard by Alistair Cope
May 4 – Movement When The World Stops by Laura Meaton
April 27 – Our new ‘Theatre Can Change’ campaign by Emma Jayne Park
April 20 – Last week, next week and beyond by Josie Underwood
April 14 – What if… by Mimi Doulton
April 6 – Kindness by Jake Orr
March 30 – Waiting for the phone to ring by Emma Cameron
March 23 – Bumper Edition! NT Workshops – Big Freelancer Report – Ghost Shows
March 16 – Hope by Freelancers make Theatre Work
March 9 – Analysis of Spring 2021 Budget Report by Athena Stevens
March 3 – Hello what is happening? by Titas Halder
February 23 – Brexit: Where do we go? by Paul Carey Jones
February 15 – Decisions by Beth Steel
February 8 – New Faces and New Energies by Steven Hoggett
February 2 – Speaking Truth To Power by Paule Constable
January 26 – All Party Parliamentary Group for Theatre by Emma Jayne Park
January 19 – Visas & Europe: What’s Going On by Bill Bankes-Jones
January 11 – The Road Ahead by Susan Kempster
January 4 – Happy New Year by Leo Wan
2020 Newsletters - Click to expand
December 14 – Two Invitations at Christmas by Ben Arkell and Sunita Hinduja
December 8 – Hope by Nick Barton-Wines
December 1 – Routes to Routes by Freddie Crossley
November 24 – Resting by Emma Jayne Park
November 17 – Future Labs Thoughts by Tom Piper
November 10 – Resilience by Sunita Hinduja
November 3 – You Could Not Have Prepared For This by Vicki Mortimer
October 27 – Back to the Future Labs by Jack Hudson
October 20 – Size doesn’t matter – it’s what you do with activism that counts by Rachel Bagshaw
October 12 – I want to dream again by Beth Steel
October 5 – Thrive or Survive by Ben Arkell
September 28 – Cling tenaciously onto your dreams by Bill Bankes-Jones
September 21 – What we’re up to by Kelsie Acton
September 15 – Launching Future Labs by FMTW
September 7 – Do we dare to imagine a new future for our sector? by Prema Mehta
September 1 – What happens next? by Arran Pallan and Kelsie Acton
August 25 – How do we sustain ourselves and support each other? by Susan Kempster
August 18 – There are some great initiatives out there… by Vicki Mortimer
August 12 – Be part of the conversation by Sunita Hinduja
August 5 – Moving Forward Together by FMTW
July 28 – How do we rebuild better? by Rachel Bagshaw, Susan Kempster and Andrew Whyment
July 21 – Weekly Newsletter by Debbie Hannan
July 13 – Weekly Newsletter by Adele Thomas, Prema Mehta and Neil Austin
July 6 – Weekly Newsletter by Vicki Mortimer
June 29 – Weekly Newsletter by Vicki Mortimer
June 22 – First Newsletter by Chinonyerem Odimba