Amanda Parker

In the face of cuts, training and development opportunities are becoming increasingly squeezed, and the lack of a national picture means it risks becoming an afterthought, says Amanda Parker

Amanda Parker reflects on the Budget announcement, and argues that the sector needs to look to bordering countries for collective survival

In the final piece of The D Word series exploring diversity in theatre, Amanda Parker investigates how polarised debates on issues from gender to race to freedom of expression are influencing the sector’s efforts to be more inclusive and how the UK’s increasingly prominent culture wars are affecting the industry and the workforce

With more than two billion people set to go to the polls in 2024, new leadership will be on the horizon for many around the world. But how has theatre’s attempts to diversify its own leadership and governance fared? And what is blocking progress?

Four years on from the widespread global attention on social inequality during the pandemic and many organisations’ public commitment to do better, how has the cultural sector fared in making the workforce more diverse? Amanda Parker investigates in the second part of this special series

Four years on from the pandemic, what progress has theatre made on diversity, equity and inclusion? Where are the pressure points, and where has it made meaningful gains? In a special series, Amanda Parker examines these questions and, in this first instalment, explores the landscape today and why equality efforts matter more than ever

Unless theatre can come together to create a sector-wide plan, the artistic director of the Young Vic will not be the last high-profile departure

As theatre’s difficult period continues, it needs to make sure its future talents benefit from the experiences of its present leaders

Amanda Parker reflects on how socially responsible investment is falling out of fashion as organisations struggle financially

A report into London’s creative economy looks good on the surface, but a deeper delve reveals some big problems within the industry