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Freelance, Light, Stage, Sound, Costume, AV members working in Theatre across the UK

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We have a new twitter @Bectu_Freelance
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This twitter is inactive 🚨🚨🚨

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@philippachilds 💯

[Richard Osman @richardosman]

This is why I feel so proud and so lucky to work in television. If anybody knows Tricia personally, please pass on the love of the whole 'House Of Games' team ❤️❤️❤️

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[Bectu @bectu]

It has been great to be out filming this week with fantastic Bectu reps like Cynthia, who we have been shooting with for a forthcoming video about #BlackHistoryMonth

Keep tuned for the video 🎥

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Theatre freelancers. Please follow us on @bectu_freelance we are shutting this twitter down in a couple of weeks.

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This is why the freelancers rate cards are committed to gender pay equity.

Theatre in UK faces exodus of women after pandemic, study finds https://t.co/sDL5zalk3t

[IATSE // #IASolidarity @IATSE]

BREAKING: After striking for just one day, North Shore Music Theatre stagehands prevailed in their fight for livable wages. #Striketober

“I’m thrilled to go back to work tonight to the job that I love, knowing my expertise is recognized and respected,” said one worker.

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This is an excellent example of the issue facing costume designers and set designers who also do costume.
These are two highly skilled roles...... why only one fee??
#PayEquityForCostume
#PayEquity

[PJ McEvoy @PJbyDesign]

So you may recall a few weeks ago I conducted a poll about how someone who designs set & costumes for a show should be credited and whether that mattered…

A close friend has just shared this job advert with me which I think works quite nicely as the next step in the discussion

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And the theatre freelancers branch is busy working on rate cards for theatre folk who invoice.
If you want to be involved join @bectu and ask to be put into the theatre freelancers branch.
#WeAreStrongerTogether

[Bectu @bectu]

Our #ratecards are the standard for the TV and Film industry and we regularly update them. Check out the latest ones here ---> https//bectu.org.uk/get-involved/ratecards/

[Freelancers Make Theatre Work @FreelancersMake]

Read' The Arts After Brexit' - A new study from Dr Charlotte Faucher, The University of Manchester...

https://t.co/KTgbqYLO60

#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork

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One of our freelance reps @Cath_Kodicek writing about the freelancers branch.
There has never been a better time to join.
@bectu

[The Stage @TheStage]

The BECTU Theatre Freelancers Branch (@BECTUFreelance) is an exciting step towards gender-pay equity in the industry, says @Cath_Kodicek https://t.co/mGdLLF6DEq

[Equity @EquityUK]

“My very first job, I met the artistic director, and he said ‘Open your coat – you’ve got a good body, you’re hired.’”

Dame Harriet Walter talks sexual harassment in the creative industries with @JackieClune in the #EquityGreenRoom podcast.

🎙️ https://t.co/0l8mjYZRGt

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Calling all freelancers - do you want to be part of the Freelance Cohort as a paid activist?
Check out this opportunity - deadline is THIS FRIDAY 4th June ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/dpTID7jYiz

[Freelancers Make Theatre Work @FreelancersMake]

“It is a sector with exceptionally poor working practices that is rife with exploitation. The question is, ‘How do we find the energy and bravery to rebuild more equably?’" - Suba Das in today's @Guardian

https://t.co/xasJDu2LC3

#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork

[Bectu @bectu]

Work is changing and if we’re not careful, the new normal could be detrimental to mental health. See how we're campaigning for improved working in the new normal ⤵️

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek https://t.co/TWspGc789X

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If only they were truly committed to implementing covid safety for everyone equally. There is still work to do even on covid safety

[Maisey Bawden @MaiseyBawden]

Institutions were so quick to implement Covid protocols in order to get back to work. Why don’t they have the same mandatory training for anti-racism/sexual harassment/bullying if they are truly committed to change?

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🤔"It's no good if the physical theatre buildings survive if there are no productions, and there are no productions if there aren't the freelancers there to make it happen"

Really want to see this energy when negotiating contracts for freelancers in 2021

https://t.co/OJRRWb5Bp9