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Head of Bectu Philippa Childs; photo by Jess Hurd
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31 July 2020
Close to 1,200 casual members of staff working for the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) will…
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Welsh Assembly
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31 July 2020
Bectu has welcomed the the Welsh Government decision to invest £53m to help Wales’
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Jai Nobes, freelance lighting and video technician, visual artist and circus performer and Bectu member, used in blog 30th July 2020
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Jai Nobes, events technician and artist · 30 July 2020
I’m Jai. I’m a freelance lighting and video technician, visual artist and circus…
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Filming wearing protective gloves
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29 July 2020
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced the Film and TV…
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Stage door at the Theatre Royal in Brighton
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29 July 2020
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced further details of how…
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BBc logo on colourful background reflecting street.
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28 July 2020
The BBC has announced a package to support the earnings of over 600 freelancers who work…
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The National Theatre in London
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Philippa Childs, head of Bectu · 24 July 2020
We are approaching three weeks since a £1.57bn arts recovery package was announced by the…
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Speakers at the Bectu/ExcludedUK webinar on Wed 22nd July 2020. Top, Philippa Childs and Sonali Joshi; below, Jamies Stone MP and Tracy Brabin MP
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24 July 2020
The government must  change tack and provide financial support for millions of desperate…
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Paul Middleton, a lighting director and chair of Bectu South Wales freelance branch
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Paul Middleton, lighting director · 23 July 2020
I started out as a child actor 56 years ago but became increasingly fascinated by lighting…
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Stage door at the Theatre Royal in Brighton
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23 July 2020
Bectu has criticised the government’s appalling failure to act to save the arts, in…
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