Events

With the participation of Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Derby Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, Warwick Arts Centre, Curve Theatre Leicester, Arena Theatre Wolverhampton and In Good Company.

Migrants in Theatre (MiT), a UK-wide movement campaigning to address the under-representation and misrepresentation of first generation migrant theatre artists based in the UK, would like to invite artists identifying as migrant/foreign-born/international to register and take part in the Midlands Town Hall with the artistic directors and representatives of the above mentioned venues. This is an event prioritising those from the Midlands area: primarily migrant artists, but also inviting organisations and individual artists dedicated to working with migrants, or with an interest in the migrants in theatre topics to register and attend the town hall. We also welcome migrant theatre makers from across the UK.

Migrants in Theatre are continuing their series of town hall meetings, this time with an event bringing together some of the leading Midlands venues and organisations, and migrant theatre makers. Different areas of the UK have different ecologies and we hope to create support structures that are specific to each locality.

The town hall meetings are envisaged as an introduction to the MiT movement, linking people with their local venues, and as a way to start important conversations about the issues we face as migrant artists working in UK theatre. Through these meetings we will primarily aim to raise awareness of MiT’s work, the survey we conducted, our proposals on what we can offer and aspects we would like to see changing and to create a local support network for migrant theatre artists based in different areas of the UK. There will be time for venues and organisations to ask questions and to engage in a facilitated, open floor discussion with registered participants.

Schedule:
12:00-12:30 – MiT presentation.
12:30-13:00 – questions from venue representatives in relation to MiT presentation.

5 min – break

13:05-14:00 – open floor and chance for participants to ask questions.

Notes on access requirements:
This is an accessible event. If you have access requirements, please let us know when booking.