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Stephanie Street

Stephanie Street

Biography

Stephanie Street is an actor, writer and co-founder of Act for Change

Recent Articles

Well-told stories empower actors to change people’s view of the world

Well-told stories empower actors to change people’s view of the world

Being part of a production or a TV drama with an activist purpose is a source of price and a fundamental element of being an actor
Finally, a new year that brings expectation, not resignation

Finally, a new year that brings expectation, not resignation

Stephanie Street considers the new year and what 2024 may bring, and feels hopeful that the sector is on the right path
In 2024, we need to make productions more accessible to younger audiences

In 2024, we need to make productions more accessible to younger audiences

Looking back, 2023 has not been a vintage year. Next year, we must place more emphasis on younger audiences and the future
We should remember that our art form exists in the collective experience

We should remember that our art form exists in the collective experience

As an actor, it is important to remember that in every audience there could be someone seeing a play for the first, or the last, time, says Stephanie Street
The industry cannot mark its own homework on behaviour anymore

The industry cannot mark its own homework on behaviour anymore

The responsibility for toxic behaviour in theatre rests with producers and makers says actor Stephanie Street – and the creation of the CIISA will help hold them accountable
Why is it an accepted notion that with making good art comes self-sacrifice?

Why is it an accepted notion that with making good art comes self-sacrifice?

We call ourselves liberal, yet there is an unspoken assumption that in order to make art of any worth, we must endure pain, says Stephanie Street in response to a recent account of a performer who funded their festival show with sex work
In this year of strikes, UK actors need to know they are also empowered

In this year of strikes, UK actors need to know they are also empowered

There is no drama, on stage or screen, without the humans who animate it, says Stephanie Street, so actors need to know the power of ‘no’ in the face of low pay
Theatre is ageist and sexist, so what are we going to do about it?

Theatre is ageist and sexist, so what are we going to do about it?

We need to acknowledge when things are not just or equitable, says Stephanie Street, and not to deny there is no problem – and a recent survey highlighting the significant pay gap in theatre highlights a big problem
Theatre’s recovery is dependent on more than one-off, exceptional events

Theatre’s recovery is dependent on more than one-off, exceptional events

Actor Stephanie Street reflects on recent extraordinary theatrical feats, such as Ruth Wilson’s The Second Woman, but suggests that the sector’s recovery needs more than one-off events
Could theatre learn something from creative processes in TV and film?

Could theatre learn something from creative processes in TV and film?

Stephanie Street compares leadership and creative processes in screen work to those in theatre – could our sector learn something from film and TV?
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