Equity
@equityuk.bsky.social
We are the UK performing arts and entertainment trade union, made up of 50,000 performers and creative practitioners. Together we push for better pay, terms and conditions in the workplace.
www.equity.org.uk
www.equity.org.uk
Directors and Designers, this is your invite!
Join us at the Old Vic Backstage this Monday to toast the new year, meet other directors and designers and tell us what you want from your trade union.
📣 Monday 12 Jan / 6.30pm / SE1 8UR
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Join us at the Old Vic Backstage this Monday to toast the new year, meet other directors and designers and tell us what you want from your trade union.
📣 Monday 12 Jan / 6.30pm / SE1 8UR
tinyurl.com/4rd8m3j9
January 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Directors and Designers, this is your invite!
Join us at the Old Vic Backstage this Monday to toast the new year, meet other directors and designers and tell us what you want from your trade union.
📣 Monday 12 Jan / 6.30pm / SE1 8UR
tinyurl.com/4rd8m3j9
Join us at the Old Vic Backstage this Monday to toast the new year, meet other directors and designers and tell us what you want from your trade union.
📣 Monday 12 Jan / 6.30pm / SE1 8UR
tinyurl.com/4rd8m3j9
IMPORTANT NOTICE 📣
If you are an Equity member who was recently engaged as a performer or stage management on Squid Game: The Experience by Luna Cinema/Luna Entertainment, please contact Equity with a copy of your contract at pmpp@equity.org.uk
If you are an Equity member who was recently engaged as a performer or stage management on Squid Game: The Experience by Luna Cinema/Luna Entertainment, please contact Equity with a copy of your contract at pmpp@equity.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM
IMPORTANT NOTICE 📣
If you are an Equity member who was recently engaged as a performer or stage management on Squid Game: The Experience by Luna Cinema/Luna Entertainment, please contact Equity with a copy of your contract at pmpp@equity.org.uk
If you are an Equity member who was recently engaged as a performer or stage management on Squid Game: The Experience by Luna Cinema/Luna Entertainment, please contact Equity with a copy of your contract at pmpp@equity.org.uk
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As we start a brand new year, we look hopefully to the future. Hopeful for positive change, growth and improvement within the Arts, and for the continued support and community that @equityuk.bsky.social creates as a union.
#StrongerTogether
#StrongerTogether
January 3, 2026 at 3:47 PM
As we start a brand new year, we look hopefully to the future. Hopeful for positive change, growth and improvement within the Arts, and for the continued support and community that @equityuk.bsky.social creates as a union.
#StrongerTogether
#StrongerTogether
It’s a landslide! The results are in, and Equity members have made their position clear with a 99.6% YES vote. They are prepared and ready to take action to secure AI protections.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/pe...
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/pe...
Film & TV performers say they would be prepared to take industrial action over AI in LANDSLIDE 99% vote | Equity
Results of Equity's indicative ballot on AI protections for performers announced.
www.equity.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It’s a landslide! The results are in, and Equity members have made their position clear with a 99.6% YES vote. They are prepared and ready to take action to secure AI protections.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/pe...
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/pe...
The workforce has yet again been shut out of the Creative Industries Council.
Lack of worker representation on the government advisory body is a damaging snub & hamstrings the government’s own growth plans.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/workforce-again-shut-out-of-the-creative-industries-council
Lack of worker representation on the government advisory body is a damaging snub & hamstrings the government’s own growth plans.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/workforce-again-shut-out-of-the-creative-industries-council
Workforce again shut out of the Creative Industries Council | Equity
Reacting to the DCMS and DBT announcement of the new members of the Creative Industries Council, Equity has slammed the lack of worker representation on the government advisory body, calling it a “dam...
www.equity.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The workforce has yet again been shut out of the Creative Industries Council.
Lack of worker representation on the government advisory body is a damaging snub & hamstrings the government’s own growth plans.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/workforce-again-shut-out-of-the-creative-industries-council
Lack of worker representation on the government advisory body is a damaging snub & hamstrings the government’s own growth plans.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/workforce-again-shut-out-of-the-creative-industries-council
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Maybe I’m from another age but allowing this is a step too far .
Vote YES - and save what little integrity we have left !
Vote YES - and save what little integrity we have left !
Our indicative industrial action ballot on the issue of AI protections for performers OPENS TODAY 🗳️
Film and TV performers: Vote YES to protect your AI rights.
www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-policy/indicative-ballot-for-ai-protections
Film and TV performers: Vote YES to protect your AI rights.
www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-policy/indicative-ballot-for-ai-protections
Indicative ballot for AI protections | Equity
Film and TV performers to vote on support for industrial action over artificial intelligence.
www.equity.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Maybe I’m from another age but allowing this is a step too far .
Vote YES - and save what little integrity we have left !
Vote YES - and save what little integrity we have left !
The government must listen to the creative industries over AI. The results of their consultation shows 95% favour AI & copyright protections - government must heed the clear consensus on the need for protections.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/government-out-of-step-with-majority-on-ai-says-equity
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/government-out-of-step-with-majority-on-ai-says-equity
Government out of step with majority on AI, says Equity | Equity
Equity has hailed the publication of the government’s consultation on copyright and artificial intelligence as “vindication for the creative industries” and urged the government to heed the “clear con...
www.equity.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The government must listen to the creative industries over AI. The results of their consultation shows 95% favour AI & copyright protections - government must heed the clear consensus on the need for protections.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/government-out-of-step-with-majority-on-ai-says-equity
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/government-out-of-step-with-majority-on-ai-says-equity
Our indicative industrial action ballot on the issue of AI protections for performers OPENS TODAY 🗳️
Film and TV performers: Vote YES to protect your AI rights.
www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-policy/indicative-ballot-for-ai-protections
Film and TV performers: Vote YES to protect your AI rights.
www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-policy/indicative-ballot-for-ai-protections
Indicative ballot for AI protections | Equity
Film and TV performers to vote on support for industrial action over artificial intelligence.
www.equity.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our indicative industrial action ballot on the issue of AI protections for performers OPENS TODAY 🗳️
Film and TV performers: Vote YES to protect your AI rights.
www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-policy/indicative-ballot-for-ai-protections
Film and TV performers: Vote YES to protect your AI rights.
www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-policy/indicative-ballot-for-ai-protections
Equity has described today’s Budget as a “damp squib” for the arts, warning that the Government has failed to deliver the meaningful support creative workers urgently need.
Read the full statement: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Read the full statement: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Equity has described today’s Budget as a “damp squib” for the arts, warning that the Government has failed to deliver the meaningful support creative workers urgently need.
Read the full statement: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Read the full statement: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
📣Manchester Pride latest: Positive meeting with Manchester City Council📣
Following pressure from our members, Manchester City Council met with us to discuss the fallout from the liquidation of Manchester Pride, which left performers unpaid.
Read more: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/po...
Following pressure from our members, Manchester City Council met with us to discuss the fallout from the liquidation of Manchester Pride, which left performers unpaid.
Read more: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/po...
Positive Pride meeting with Manchester City Council | Equity
Thursday saw a positive meeting take place between Manchester City Council and Equity focused on discussion about ways forward to support Pride performers who were left unpaid when Manchester Pride we...
www.equity.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📣Manchester Pride latest: Positive meeting with Manchester City Council📣
Following pressure from our members, Manchester City Council met with us to discuss the fallout from the liquidation of Manchester Pride, which left performers unpaid.
Read more: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/po...
Following pressure from our members, Manchester City Council met with us to discuss the fallout from the liquidation of Manchester Pride, which left performers unpaid.
Read more: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/po...
Stop Bristol City Council making devastating arts funding cuts ✂️
1.Complete the Council's Budget Consultation (by noon, 26 Nov) - Answer "Strongly Disagree" to Q17
2.Join the demo against the cuts, 26 November, College Green, from 11.30am
3.Sign the open letter
Links in comments
1.Complete the Council's Budget Consultation (by noon, 26 Nov) - Answer "Strongly Disagree" to Q17
2.Join the demo against the cuts, 26 November, College Green, from 11.30am
3.Sign the open letter
Links in comments
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Stop Bristol City Council making devastating arts funding cuts ✂️
1.Complete the Council's Budget Consultation (by noon, 26 Nov) - Answer "Strongly Disagree" to Q17
2.Join the demo against the cuts, 26 November, College Green, from 11.30am
3.Sign the open letter
Links in comments
1.Complete the Council's Budget Consultation (by noon, 26 Nov) - Answer "Strongly Disagree" to Q17
2.Join the demo against the cuts, 26 November, College Green, from 11.30am
3.Sign the open letter
Links in comments
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✊Videogames performers recently got together to demand union contracts in gaming ✊
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Equity’s Game On! Campaign reaches next level at Videogames Action Day | Equity
www.equity.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
✊Videogames performers recently got together to demand union contracts in gaming ✊
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Equity’s Game On! Campaign reaches next level at Videogames Action Day | Equity
www.equity.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
✊Videogames performers recently got together to demand union contracts in gaming ✊
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Never mind the jump scares! The real fright is being left in debt after doing the work. Equity’s Ian Manborde talks to BBC radio three counties about our members who are thousands £££ out of pocket following Halloween Haunt Fest going bust last month.
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Never mind the jump scares! The real fright is being left in debt after doing the work. Equity’s Ian Manborde talks to BBC radio three counties about our members who are thousands £££ out of pocket following Halloween Haunt Fest going bust last month.
Equity members will join fellow trade unionists walking with the women of Walsall this Sunday in a march against hate.
Join them at 3pm, Sunday 16 November WS1 1LG
Join them at 3pm, Sunday 16 November WS1 1LG
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Equity members will join fellow trade unionists walking with the women of Walsall this Sunday in a march against hate.
Join them at 3pm, Sunday 16 November WS1 1LG
Join them at 3pm, Sunday 16 November WS1 1LG
If you’re at the Young Talent Expo London today, come say hi to Harry and Holly to talk all things Equity! Find them on table 3, floor 2.
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
If you’re at the Young Talent Expo London today, come say hi to Harry and Holly to talk all things Equity! Find them on table 3, floor 2.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What does fair work look like in opera? 🎶
This week, Equity and the ITC (Independent Theatre Council) brought together opera companies from across the independent sector to discuss the benefits of using union-negotiated agreements. 1/3
This week, Equity and the ITC (Independent Theatre Council) brought together opera companies from across the independent sector to discuss the benefits of using union-negotiated agreements. 1/3
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What does fair work look like in opera? 🎶
This week, Equity and the ITC (Independent Theatre Council) brought together opera companies from across the independent sector to discuss the benefits of using union-negotiated agreements. 1/3
This week, Equity and the ITC (Independent Theatre Council) brought together opera companies from across the independent sector to discuss the benefits of using union-negotiated agreements. 1/3
Union contracts in gaming now! Yesterday Equity took over the National Videogames Museum in Sheffield to call for decent pay and conditions for videogames performers - from working hours to fair pay to safety and protections from exploitation by AI.
Photo credit: Milo Chandler
Photo credit: Milo Chandler
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Union contracts in gaming now! Yesterday Equity took over the National Videogames Museum in Sheffield to call for decent pay and conditions for videogames performers - from working hours to fair pay to safety and protections from exploitation by AI.
Photo credit: Milo Chandler
Photo credit: Milo Chandler
Almost 30 employers across Scotland’s creative industries have signed our pledge - devised by Equity with the STUC and sister creative unions - to support fair work and conditions within the sector.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/scottish-creative-employers-sign-pledge-to-support-fair-work
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/scottish-creative-employers-sign-pledge-to-support-fair-work
Scottish creative employers sign pledge to support fair work | Equity
The ‘Fair Work for Freelancers checklist’ was devised by Equity together with the STUC and sister creative unions.
www.equity.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Almost 30 employers across Scotland’s creative industries have signed our pledge - devised by Equity with the STUC and sister creative unions - to support fair work and conditions within the sector.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/scottish-creative-employers-sign-pledge-to-support-fair-work
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/scottish-creative-employers-sign-pledge-to-support-fair-work
Equity has heard from members who have not been paid for their work on Halloween Haunt Fest at Hertfordshire County Showground.
If you're a member who has also been affected, please get in touch - details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/are-you-owed-money-by-halloween-haunt-fest
If you're a member who has also been affected, please get in touch - details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/are-you-owed-money-by-halloween-haunt-fest
Are you owed money by Halloween Haunt Fest? | Equity
Equity members owed money from their work on Halloween Haunt Fest at the Hertfordshire County Showground are encouraged to get in touch with the union.
www.equity.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Equity has heard from members who have not been paid for their work on Halloween Haunt Fest at Hertfordshire County Showground.
If you're a member who has also been affected, please get in touch - details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/are-you-owed-money-by-halloween-haunt-fest
If you're a member who has also been affected, please get in touch - details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/are-you-owed-money-by-halloween-haunt-fest
Last chance to have your say!
If you’ve been a participant on a UK reality TV show, improve working practices in the sector by taking this anonymous survey⬇️
Your answers will support the work of ReCARE-TV, a major academic project investigating reality TV and duties of care tinyurl.com/225meets
If you’ve been a participant on a UK reality TV show, improve working practices in the sector by taking this anonymous survey⬇️
Your answers will support the work of ReCARE-TV, a major academic project investigating reality TV and duties of care tinyurl.com/225meets
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November 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Last chance to have your say!
If you’ve been a participant on a UK reality TV show, improve working practices in the sector by taking this anonymous survey⬇️
Your answers will support the work of ReCARE-TV, a major academic project investigating reality TV and duties of care tinyurl.com/225meets
If you’ve been a participant on a UK reality TV show, improve working practices in the sector by taking this anonymous survey⬇️
Your answers will support the work of ReCARE-TV, a major academic project investigating reality TV and duties of care tinyurl.com/225meets
Sign the petition to reopen Square Chapel in Halifax 👇
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community. Halifax needs it back.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community. Halifax needs it back.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Square Chapel for the people
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community.
Square Chapel was a popular arts centre with good ...
www.megaphone.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Sign the petition to reopen Square Chapel in Halifax 👇
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community. Halifax needs it back.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community. Halifax needs it back.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Videogames performer? Join our open meeting at the National Videogames Museum Sheffield, 4 November.
Whether you’re an Equity member or not, join us to make a plan for how to change the games industry for the better.
#VideoGames
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
Whether you’re an Equity member or not, join us to make a plan for how to change the games industry for the better.
#VideoGames
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
Videogames Network Roadshow: Sheffield | Equity
Whether you’re an Equity member or not, we want to hear about your stories of working in the industry, and make a plan together for how to change things in the videogames industry for performers.
www.equity.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Videogames performer? Join our open meeting at the National Videogames Museum Sheffield, 4 November.
Whether you’re an Equity member or not, join us to make a plan for how to change the games industry for the better.
#VideoGames
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
Whether you’re an Equity member or not, join us to make a plan for how to change the games industry for the better.
#VideoGames
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
Before Manchester City Council move on to discussions of Pride 2026 and beyond, they must first ensure that all of the workers left unpaid from the 2025 event receive what they are owed in full.
Sign the petition 👇
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Sign the petition 👇
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Pay Manchester Pride workers what they're owed
After the collapse of the organisation running Manchester Pride, dozens of workers have been left unpaid for the work they have already done during the festival, to the tune of £50,000 (and counting)....
www.megaphone.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Before Manchester City Council move on to discussions of Pride 2026 and beyond, they must first ensure that all of the workers left unpaid from the 2025 event receive what they are owed in full.
Sign the petition 👇
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Sign the petition 👇
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...