Freelancers enduring ‘criminally low’ pay – report

Front page of the Big Freelancer Survey 2025
Almost half of all freelancers in theatre earn less than the UK National Living Wage and would be working at rates of pay that would be illegal in salaried positions, a new report concludes
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