With thanks to all the industry experts and organisations who contributed to the consultation process*
Steering Group
- Cassandra Chadderton, Head of UK Theatre
- Paul Fleming, Organiser in Live Performance Department, Equity
- Sarah Holmes, Executive Director, New Wolsey Theatre
- Charlotte Jones, Chief Executive, Independent Theatre Council
- Emma Rees, London Theatre Consortium
- Stephanie Street, actor and Act for Change Project
- Deborah Williams, Executive Director, Creative Diversity Network
* All job titles correct at time of participation
People who took part in the consultation
- Hamida Ali, Equalities Officer, Equity
- Fiona Allan, Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Birmingham Hippodrome
- Cindy Armbruster, actor and Vice Chair, Equity Deaf and Disabled Members Committee
- Charlotte Bevan, Creative Diversity Project, National Theatre
- Giovanni Bienne, actor and Chair, Equity LGBT Committee
- Michael Buffong, Artistic Director , Talawa
- Kelly Burke, actor and Equity Women’s Committee member
- Matthew Byam Shaw, Director, Playful Productions
- Michelle Carwardine-Palmer, Managing Director, National Theatre Wales
- Alastair Coomer, Casting Director, Donmar
- Daisy Cooper, Producer, The Gate
- Giles Croft, Artistic Director, Nottingham Playhouse
- Ivan Cutting, Artistic Director, Eastern Angles
- Suba Das, Associate Director, Leicester Curve
- Caroline Dyott, Producer, Sheffield Theatres
- Liz Eddy, Producer, The Other Palace
- Anna Ehnold-Danailov, Parents In Performing Arts
- Valerie Evans, Nottingham Playhouse
- Carolyn M L Forsyth, Producer, Unicorn Theatre
- Paula Garfield, Artistic Director, Deafinitely Theatre
- Robert Hastie, Artistic Director, Sheffield Theatres
- Christopher Haydon, Artistic Director, Gate Theatre
- Amy Hodge, Associate Director, Headlong
- Abid Hussain, Director, Diversity, Arts Council England
- Patrick Gilchrist, Executive Director, Theatre by the Lake
- Nia Janis, Director, Playful Productions
- Polly Jerrold, casting director
- Sam Jones, Casting Director
- Phoebe Kemp, actor and Chair, Equity Deaf and Disabled Members Committee
- Wayne Lee, Head of Employment Relations, UK Theatre/SOLT
- Andrew Macbean, actor and Act for Change Project
- Alecia Marshall, Producer, Headlong
- Ewan Marshall, actor and Act for Change Project
- Jodie McNee, actor and Act for Change Project
- Amy Michaels, Producer & Tour Booker, Headlong
- Rufus Norris, Director, National Theatre
- Mercy Ojelade, actor and Act for Change Project
- Prasanna Puwanarajah, actor and Act for Change Project
- James Quaife, Producer, English Touring Theatre
- Vicky Richardson, Casting Associate, Donmar
- Annie Rowe, Casting Director
- Indhu Rubasingham, Artistic Director, Tricycle Theatre
- Ginny Schiller, Casting Director
- Jenny Sealey, Artistic Director, Graeae
- Jacob Sparrow, Casting Associate, National Theatre
- Wendy Spon, Head of Casting, National Theatre
- Rachel Tackley, Director, English Touring Theatre
- Mawgaine Tarrant-Cornish, Casting Associate, National Theatre Wales
- Paul Taylor-Mills, Artistic Director, The Other Palace
- Linden Walcott-Burton, actor and Act for Change Project
- Flip Webster, actor and Chair, Equity Women’s Committee
- Madani Younis, Artistic Director, The Bush
Additional thanks to
- David Brownlee
- Rishi Coupland, Thanos Gkofas, Dilshad Shawki and the National Theatre Data Studio
- John Drake
- Lucinda Harvey
- Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Margot Leicester
- Jennifer Lim
- Ian Manborde
- Eva Mason
- Dan Rebellato