While Andrew Lloyd Webber’s diversity report is encouraging, his musicals do not tend to be diversely cast and he must accept he is part of the problem, argues Dom O’Hanlon.
Diversity and theatre are two words that are continuing to rub up against each other and stir debate. In December 2014, Arts Council England announced new plans designed to encourage public-funded arts organisations to increase diversity across their audiences, workforces and programs, and it threatened to cut funding to those who don’t show a commitment to diversity. Designing this as a carrot rather than a stick... Keep reading on Clyde Fitch Report
Diversity and theatre are two words that are continuing to rub up against each other and stir debate. In December 2014, Arts Council England announced new plans designed to encourage public-funded arts organisations to increase diversity across their audiences, workforces and programs, and it threatened to cut funding to those who don’t show a commitment to diversity. Designing this as a carrot rather than a stick... Keep reading on Clyde Fitch Report