Last chance to vote! Voting is open until Monday 18 May, 11.59pm in our West End ballot.
If you work in the West End, or have in the past 3 years, check your inbox for an Equity email. VOTE YES to back our claim for better pay and conditions, including:
☑️7% pay rise every year for three years on all minimum rates
☑️Additional holiday
☑️Full incapacity pay if you’re injured on production
Labour leadership hopefuls should be putting in the call to unions and working people across the country, says Equity's General Secretary on LBC with Iain Dale.
Time for West End bosses to Pay Up! Casts and stage management from across the West End are standing together to demand better in theatre.
Images show: Oliver!, Mamma Mia, Moulin Rouge, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Matilda, Les Miserables, Kinky Boots, My Neighbour Totoro
If you're currently working in the West End, or have in the past three years, check your inbox for an Equity email. VOTE YES to back our claim for better pay and conditions, including:
☑️7% pay rise every year for three years on all minimum rates
☑️Additional holiday
☑️ Full incapacity pay if you’re injured on production
#WestEnd #PayUpWestEnd
Haven't voted in our West End ballot yet? You might be hearing from us this afternoon! With only a few days left until voting closes on 18 May, our teams have been hard at work reminding eligible members (who've worked in the West End in the last 3 years) to have their say.
Pay up in the West End! Casts and stage management on major West End shows are demanding better pay and work-life balance from theatre bosses.
If you're currently working in the West End, or have in the past three years, check your inbox for an email from Equity and VOTE YES to back our position on improving pay and conditions in the West End.
Images show: Avenue Q, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Inter Alia, High Society, Grace Pervades and Hercules.
Share your own images backing our campaign and tag us @EquityUK
#WestEnd #PayUpWestEnd #musical
Thank you Conference for unanimously supporting our motion:
Conference urges Council to organise an Equity lobby of the UK Parliament in partnership wtih other cutlural organisations (including sport) to demand that the British government oppose conflicts in Sudan and Palestine, including a call for UK sanctions to be applied to states, corporations, and entities profiting from these conflicts, funding them, or supplying weapons
Motion seconded by International Solidarity committee member @lalailaalj@equityuk@menasolidarity #internationalsolidarity #sudansolidarity #palestinesolidarity
A few words about the current #PayUpWestEnd campaign by @equityuk - do please have a watch if you’re working in town and feel free to comment or DM with any questions! ✊🏻
✔️£163,000 won for variety artists in 2025
✔️A collective agreement for performers at Manchester Pride
✔️99.6% YES vote for industrial action over AI in the PACT negotiations
✔️x3 more collective agreements in Scotland than in 2019
✔️x4 more collective agreements in Northern Ireland than in 2019
✔️124 new members PER WEEK welcomed into our union
These are just a SMALL NUMBER of things that our collective has achieved together lately, making a real material impact to working lives across the UK.
Equity stands with @bectuunion 's behind-the-scenes film and TV workers and we're asking you to do the same!
Bectu's Broken Turnaround survey has revealed widespread breaches of basic rest periods, and a culture that is putting workers at risk.
Sign the petition here: tinyurl.com/mpnttnda
We are very proud to say that the LGBT+ Committee motion passed at Equity’s 2026 Conference in Durham this weekend!!
The motion called for greater support, protection and union representation for artists working in spaces connected to sex work.
The motion was proposed and seconded by our brilliant Committee members Emma Jayne Park (@sortofchaos ) & @smashlynmonroe ✊🏻🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
🎉 We are delighted that our Motion to Council was passed unanimously over the weekend!! We had incredible support and solidarity from our creative and performing comrades - no one voted against or abstained from voting on our motion and we had multiple members come and speak to us throughout the weekend showing their support.
Moving forward this means Equity will fully support Stage Managers in pushing back against being asked to take on extra responsibilities without proper recompense.
Extra responsibilities is something that ALL Stage Managers will have battled with in their career and we’re delighted that Equity are full behind helping us call out these bad practices.
You can always reach out to the relevant Equity Official or Stage Management Committee for guidance if needed. The Stage Management Hub is a resource which everyone can access but we really encourage all Stage Managers to become a member of Equity. It’s a very exciting time to join the Union and the more Stage Managers in the Union, the stronger we are.
⭐️ Join us to join in. There is no theatre without Stage Managers ⭐️
#equity #strongertogether #stagemanagers
