October 28th, 2016
Currently staring as Hermione Granger in the stage adaptation of Harry Potter, PIPA ambassador Noma Dumezweni took time out from her busy schedule to talk to us about why supporting parents and carers, working in the Performing Arts, is so important for the future of the industry. If you work in the...
October 3rd, 2016
PARENTS IN PERFORMING ARTS ANNOUNCES ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND AND CREATIVE SCOTLAND FUNDED FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND BEST PRACTICE RESEARCH PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 15 LEADING UK THEATRES AND THE ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA Today, Parents in Performing Arts (PIPA), a Consortium of 18 leading Ind...
July 18th, 2016
PARENTS IN PERFORMING ARTS ANNOUNCES A NEW CONSORTIUM MADE UP OF AN IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF PARTNER ORGANISATIONS, UNPRECEDENTED BOTH IN SCALE AND REACH ACROSS THE PERFORMING ARTS Today, Parents in Performing Arts (PIPA) announces the formation of a new consortium of leading UK theatres and arts organis...
June 13th, 2016
A recent article in The Independent (1) stated that 80% freelancers are living in poverty, based on the research of IPSE, a membership body that supports freelancers. It also points out that there is a 70% increase in mothers becoming freelancers. Meanwhile, pregnancy discrimination has risen signi...
May 21st, 2016
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February 17th, 2016
We were privileged to be invited to hold a session at the Independent Theatre Council AGM last week. It was an inspiring and thought provoking day and what struck us most was just how hard people are working to encourage diversity, provide training and develop the Industry’s workforce in the ...
January 28th, 2016
Last week PIPA had the privilege of being invited to do a presentation at the quarterly HR Forum meeting hosted by the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Attendees included HR representatives from The Old Vic, The Young Vic, National Theatre, Bush Theatre and The Barbican. Not only was it very int...
December 23rd, 2015
This week London Live invited PIPA to talk about the recent ground breaking relaxed performance of Linda at the Royal Court Theatre at which they welcomed babies under 1. According to the Royal Court around 20% of the bookers had babies and we counted 16 on the day! The event was generally consider...