#OneVoiceCampaign talks to…
Abigail Sewell
Theatre and Film Director and Co-Founder of Uproot talks to Sam about what needs to change in our industry and why.
Alex Davies Jones MP and Lucy Noble (RAH)
Alex Davies Jones MP and Lucy Noble (RAH) discuss OneVoiceCampaign’s version of #SeatOutToHelpOut at the Culture Select Committee on Tuesday 8 September 2020.
Patrick Hahn - Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne, Germany
In the first of our International Perspectives, #OneVoiceCampaign talks to the Head of Artistic Planning at the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne about how the performing arts scene is coping with the restrictions of Social Distancing in North-Rhein-Westfalia.
Barbara Eifler - Making Music
Barbara Eifler, CEO of Making Music, talks to OneVoiceCampaign about what the new guidance means for choirs and ensembles in England and the other nations of the UK.
Kate McGrath - Fuel
“If there’s available resource to make work, let’s get it to artists and freelancers and theatre makers so that they can survive and continue to make work…
I fully believe that arts and culture is going to be part of recovery and if we really want to “build back better” then the arts has got an absolutely huge role to play in that.”
Andy Staples - Co-Founder of OneVoiceCampaign on Times Radio
"Make Work now, or the cultural landscape will not be one that we can accept"
MU, Equity, ISM & BECTU
In our first round table discussion we bring together the heads of four major Performing Arts Unions to discuss the way forward for the sector. Horace Trubridge - General Secretary of the MU, Paul Fleming - General Secretary Elect of Equity, Deborah Annetts - Chief Exec of ISM Philippa Childs - Head of BECTU, with Sam Evans from #OneVoiceCampaign, chairing the discussion.
Niamh Cusak - Actor
"I think the government guidance is so confused that people don't really trust it..."
Actor Niamh Cusack talks to @Sam Evans about the impact of Covid-19 on the theatre world and the problems faced by freelancers right now.
Alex Davies - Jones MP
"…it’s too little and it’s too late and it’s too slow in responding to the needs of the sector in my point of view…"
Member of the Culture Select Committee and co-author of its recent critical report into the DCMS response to the #COVID19 crisis, Alex DaviesJones MP talks to Sam Evans from OneVoiceCampaign earlier today.
Edward Snape - Producer
"I think we're quietly being told that we're not going to reopen until March/April..."
Edward Snape, Producer and Director of Fiery Angel, talks to Sam Evans from #OneVoiceCampaign about the impact of Covid-19 on the commercial theatre sector. This conversations touches on the recent Cultural Rescue Fund grant criteria and whether theatres will be able to open before April 2021. Edward and Sam also discuss the plight of the freelancers in the performing arts right now and what can be done to secure #FreelancersFutures.
Marcus Davey - The Roundhouse
“Our sector in the Arts just doesn’t work without Freelancers…”
Marcus Davey, CEO and Artistic Director of the Roundhouse, Camden talks to Sam Evans from #OneVoiceCampaign. This is an honest and in-depth conversation about the impact of Covid-19 on the performing arts and it touches on the need for urgent support, right now, to secure #FreelancersFutures.
Mark Davyd - Music Venue Trust
BREAKING: Arts Council England have announced the first tranche of cash from the Cultural Support Package: £2.25m of immediate funding for grassroots live music venues. Sam talks to Mark Davyd, CEO of the Music Venues Trust about money, music, social distancing and the future of live music. "Most young people's first cultural decision is based around music... if we don't support that, it doesn't benefit opera or ballet or any of those other arts forms".
Declan Costello - ENT Surgeon
Consultant ENT Declan Costello is an expert on the voice. He has been leading the research into Covid-19 and the potential dangers concerning singing and wind instrument playing. Phase one of his research is now complete and its finding will inform Government policy.
Leo Playa - Guitarist
“We will be the last people to go back to work because obviously our job involves non-social-distancing…it’s going to be weird…it’s not going to be able to happen really…”
Tasmin Little OBE - Violinist
“Music is a massive part of our lives in this country, it’s just that people are so used to it being there, they’ve forgotten what it’s like not to have it”
Lindsey Coulson - Actor
"The Arts breathes life into our communities, and helps us make sense of the world... for so many of our communities it's a lifeline: the community choirs, the amateur dramatic societies, the small-scale touring theatres, the vital work done by community outreach work..."