Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme

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The UK's longest running training scheme for theatre directors. Currently running FAIR PLAY, an initiative to tackle socio-economic inequity in theatre. www.rtyds.co.uk

Three headshots of the Fair Play Associate Artistic Director residencies, along with logos of theatres. Jamie Sophia Fletcher at Leeds Playhouse. Rikki Henry at Bristol Old Vic. Yusra Warsama at Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.

Caitriona Shoobridge and Stef O'Driscoll hosting Class Assembly Bradford

RTYDS Fair Play - Actions for Change.
Sustainability.
Freelancers are often given the advice; ‘it’s a marathon not a sprint’.
If we recognise that completing a marathon without access to equipment and practice, a coach, and dedicated training is impossible, then we should understand the same is true for creative freelancers.
Ask your freelancers and employees who are from working class/ low socio-economic backgrounds what they need to stay in for the long run.

RTYDS Fair Play Actions for Change. Ownership.
The sector needs to own and address the problems faced by artists who are working class and from low socio-economic backgrounds to recognise how structures isolate and exclude.
We need organisations to take responsibility for leading on conversations around financial, social, and cultural capital in areas including programming, creative processes, workforce, representation and HR including wellbeing.

RTYDS 18-Month Residencies are back!

Image of the five Fair Play Advocates, from left to right: Matthew Xia, Nancy Medina, Matthew Dunster, Kwame Kwei-Armah, and Julie Hesmondhalgh