On Sunday, May 21, I attended the Equity Annual Representative Conference. This was a two day event. I was supposed to be there as a delegate representing Walk-ons and Supporting Artists. Halfway through the first day’s agenda, I decided that my only course of action was to ‘walk on’ out of the Equity Conference for good, just before the petty motions on the repairs to Guild House.
It really seemed absolutely pointless in my being at this Equity Conference representing walk-ons when not a single word was said by anyone, except me, about the up-front fees issue. Not even The Stage survey was mentioned. I asked for the two-minute video on the House of Commons question on up-front fees to be shown. But sadly even this was refused. And, even when I found an opportunity to speak about the growing problem of up-front fees, I was treated by the president as something the cat dragged in. Shame!
Clive Hurst
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