OneVoiceCampaign

An opportunity exists to solve the major problem facing the Performing Arts Sector.

Together we can safeguard the Performing Arts for future generations.

[ISM @ISM_music]

Calling all #creative workers 🎤🎸- have you lost or will you lose work in the latest COVID-19 outbreak? 💷 #COVID19

[OneVoiceCampaign @onevoicecmpgn]

We need action now to protect our cultural sector and the people who work in it.
ACTION: replenish the @ace_national CRF Emergency Response Fund, and allow freelancers to access it with evidence of cancelled contracts.
@NadineDorries @DCMS

[OneVoiceCampaign @onevoicecmpgn]

Shows closed, performances cancelled and huge uncertainty for what will happen in Jan… we are facing a de facto cultural lockdown. OVC are working with campaign groups, Unions and industry reps to ensure livelihoods of arts freelancers are being considered by Government.

[Matt Hemley @MattHemley]

Another difficult day for friends & colleagues in theatre. I’m sad that so many are now facing further uncertainties & additional anxieties after a tremendously difficult 15 months. I feel for those now rethinking plans, or simply wondering how they survive this. Brutal.

[Alexis Paterson @leksi_p]

1/2 PLEASE @DCMSArts @DCMS. We understand the delay but need clarity on what performing arts guidelines might be issued in stage 4. Tomorrow our board will have to make a call affecting over £120k of freelance musicians’ earnings. We’d like to protect as many of those jobs as

[OneVoiceCampaign @onevoicecmpgn]

Our thoughts are with colleagues across the Performing Arts, who are trying so hard in extraordinarily difficult circumstances. As @PaulTaylorMills says, we need the faith and supported of our audiences now more than ever

[The Turbine Theatre @TurbineTheatre]

NEWS ON HAIR: IN CONCERT from @PaulTaylorMills ☀️

@LondonPalladium
@mayflower
@CurveLeicester

[OneVoiceCampaign @onevoicecmpgn]

Thinking of all our friends and colleagues who’ve tried so hard to get shows and concerts on, and are devastated by these latest restrictions. Here’s to a better 2021...

[Oliver Dowden @OliverDowden]

Confirmation that new exemptions from travel quarantines relevant to @DCMS are coming in from Saturday

Particularly important for the arts community

Detailed guidance will be published on https://t.co/UVgMo2zwFY this eve

@ace_national @newsmediaorg @EditorsUK

[Oliver Dowden @OliverDowden]

Here's the guidance for the arts

@ace_national

https://t.co/DkqLbSn6jH

[Oliver Dowden @OliverDowden]

COVID WINTER PLAN

Indoor performances back again in Tiers 1 and 2

Numbers capped at 1000 or 50% of capacity, whichever is lower

Performances will not be allowed in Tier 3, in line with other leisure and hospitality settings

[Kate Dearden MP @Kate_Dearden]

A brilliant second evidence session for @ProspectUnion @CommunityUnion @fsb_policy enquiry into the future of self-employment.

Thanks to @ExcludedUK, @ForgottenLtd, @onevoicecmpgn & @ForgottenPAYE for sharing their thoughts & experiences.

[Oliver Dowden @OliverDowden]

2.

Q: Can arts venues open for rehearsals and to stream performances?

A: Yes. Arts venues are places of work, so people can come into them for work, if it cannot be undertaken from home. This includes rehearsals and performance. Audiences are not permitted.

[Neil Mendoza @neilfmendoza]

Further new funding announced this morning from #CulturalRecoveryFund across the country from @BirminghamRep @crucibletheatre to @ShakespeareBT @blistshill @TRPlymouth. Rapid, detailed work from @ace_national #HereForCulture

[The Glasshouse International Centre for Music @glasshouseicm]

We are extremely grateful to have received support from the Culture Recovery Fund @ace_national and @DCMS. This is a vital step in our recovery and will enable us to keep making brilliant music for, and with, our community #HereForCulture Find out more: https://t.co/ddjlToHvC8

[OneVoiceCampaign @onevoicecmpgn]

@TheStage @agoodladd https://t.co/IRTivfYESf this is how Seat-matching can work to sustain performance and kickstart the cultural recovery while social distancing remains in force.

[John La Bouchardière @JLaBouchardiere]

If social distancing for audiences is here to stay, @OliverDowden and @RishiSunak will need to pay for the the empty seats. #SeatOutToHelpOut There is no simpler way to make venues viable again and help rebuild the creative economy. @onevoicecmpgn https://t.co/rah2Ra2pWU

[OneVoiceCampaign @onevoicecmpgn]

Wishing our friends @BristolOldVic huge success with their #SeatOutToHelpOut. Seat-matching = performances/how to cope with social distancing/audience safety/much needed work for our freelance workforce... Please make it part of the plan for the cultural recovery @DCMSArts

[Bristol Old Vic @BristolOldVic]

We’re only allowed to sell 1/3 of our seats right now, so today we’re launching #SeatOuttoHelpOut.

Help us by donating to keep an empty seat warm – for a night, a week, a month, or even until we fully reopen!

More here: https://t.co/P3zXSiKy4j 🪑

[LiveMusicNowCymru @livemusicnowcym]

Delighted awarded £30k from #CulturalRecoveryFund to employ our musicians with live virtual concerts in #carehomes & those shielding this winter @Arts_Wales_ @DCMS @hmtreasury @WGCulture @welshgocreative @WelshGovernment #HereForCulture #LetMusicLive #MusicMatters @onevoicecmpgn

[Musicians' Union @WeAreTheMU]

It’s good news for venues, organisation and institutions – but it’s not putting the workforce back to work or money in their pockets.

MU General Secretary Horace Trubridge spoke to @NME about the Culture Recovery Fund, #SEISS and why #MusicDeservesBetter

https://t.co/8etPFCn9TA

[OneVoiceCampaign @onevoicecmpgn]

@elirolfejohnson @MaryCBevan We’re absolutely helping to build a case for this. We’re gathering case study data. If you have had contracts that had to go elsewhere because of quarantine regulations please let us know.