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FREELANCERS MAKE THEATRE WORK MEETING: FRIDAY 23rd JULY Chair: Peter McKMinutes: Mimi DoultonIn attendance: Peter McK, Mimi, Al, Paul, Susan K, Leigh, Ben, Leo, Shankho, Paule, Vicki, Jake, EJ, Nikki, Kelsie, FreddieApologies: Arran, Prema, Tom P,  Higher Education...

FREELANCERS MAKE THEATRE WORK MEETING: FRIDAY 16st JULY Chair: Peter McKintosh Minutes: Alistair Cope (sorry) Present: Alistair Cope, Peter McKintosh, Prema Mehta, Paule Constable, Jake Orr (leaving early), Steven Hoggett, Athena Stevens, Emma Jayne Park (leaving...

By Steffan Donnelly Theatre and entertainment venues can host indoor regulated gatherings with up to 30 people inside in Wales at the moment and will be able to take groups of six people from six households. Some venues are planning small scale summer events, with the...

By Fiona Sturgeon Shea Dates for reopening Technically, theatres can re-open now and have been able to since 17 May, but with strict 2m social distancing measures and capacity limits in place. The capacity limits vary between the different ‘levels’ in which local...

By Paule Constable My head is in my hands.  We push and push for a clear date to open – but how can we be clear?   We are in a pandemic and, if we have learnt nothing else it is that there is no such thing as certainty.   And yet so much of the talk is of confidence,...

Earlier this summer (where has the sun gone?) Freelance Lighting Designer and FMTW member Paule Constable was interviewed about the Freelance crisis for the Glyndebourne Theatre newsletter. "The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have been catastrophic for the...

FREELANCERS MAKE THEATRE WORK MEETING: FRIDAY 11st JUNE Chair: Peter McKintosh Minutes: Josie Underwood Present: Alistair Cope, Josie Underwood, Peter McKintosh, Kelsie Acton, Mimi Doulton, Prema Mehta, Paule Constable, Nikki Edmonds, Jake Orr, Susan Kempster, Steven...

FREELANCERS MAKE THEATRE WORK MEETING: FRIDAY 11st JUNE Chair: Peter McKintosh Minutes: Josie Underwood Present: Peter McKintosh, Josie Underwood, Paule Constable, Ella Taylor, Al Cope, Tom Piper, Kelsie Acton, Prema Mehta, Steven Hoggett, Jake Orr, Athena Stevens,...

Freelancers Make Theatre work are adding their voice of support to the campaign to allow non-professional singing to take place indoors in groups of more than six singers. This is following the updated Performing Arts Guidance from DCMS with regards to step 3 of the...

FREELANCERS MAKE THEATRE WORK MEETING: FRIDAY 28st MAY Chair: Ben Arkell Minutes: Josie Underwood Present: Paule Constable, Ben Arkell, Mimi Doulton, Vicki Mortimer, Alistair Cope, Beth Steel, Ella Taylor, Kelsie Acton, Jake Orr, Andy Whyment, Peter McKintosh, Steven...