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Matt Rippy
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If you loved the Cold Tapes podcast please vote for us in the Listeners Choice category in this year’s British Podcast Awards. Voting closes 8th Sept. Or if you haven't listened yet, put on your detective hat and head over to Spotify and start your investigation! open.spotify.com/show/77CwkM5...
June 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Can't find a single fault in this: "To all artists: good work. To all workers: good art. To all people: Equity." Thank you my union. Must read: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/pa...
Parliament to debate ending casting directory fees
Parliament to debate an amendment which, if passed, would prevent casting directories for creatives from charging upfront fees to work-seekers.
www.equity.org.uk
April 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Sometimes bold statements do make sense: “By definition, those offering work have money, and those seeking work do not. That’s why the costs of casting should be borne by bosses, not workers.” Are you listening, Spotlight??? More @ www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-po...
End the Tax on Hope
Equity’s campaign on casting directories and legal action regarding Spotlight.
www.equity.org.uk
April 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Guardian article (www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...) by Dalya Alberge about the burden of “self-taping” barely scratches the surface. The system favors those who have large living spaces, a partner to read with, money to buy studio equipment and time to spend editing.
‘It’s soul-destroying’: actors’ fury over the rise of self-tape auditions
Equity union says filming audition scenes at home amounts to unpaid labour and reinforces elitism
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
47th vs. V.O.A. (sigh...)
March 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Turns out, we may live in a gigantic cosmic nesting doll.
March 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
And how they danced and sang.
March 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Goodbye X. Hello BlueSky.
March 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM