Led by Sphinx Theatre, University Women in the Arts and December Group, the Women in Theatre Forum Report calls for the urgent redress of gender inequality in theatre from the UK government, policy makers and arts organisations.
The combined research also suggests that gender inequality in theatre, and the arts more generally, is likely to increase as a result of the coronavirus pandemic ‘unless specific measures are put in place’.
Key findings were that women are under-represented and facing challenges which need to be addressed, with Sphinx finding that 31 per cent of artistic directors are female, while University Women in the Arts found 34 per cent of current or former female arts students had experienced sexism or gender bias at interviews.
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