I've been feeling a bit bemused reading the various statements from theatres about anti-racism plans or how black lives are going to matter more in the future. Mainly because, as a freelancer who has worked in loads of buildings/companies, not a single one has reached out to...

me to ask what my experience working for them was like. As freelancers there is never a point for us to debrief from our experiences - it's just press night, boom, and you're out the door. Moreover, we want to work again, so maybe we keep the racism we experience to ourselves...

Most of the black theatre makers I know haven't been asked anything. So I'm wondering who theatres are "consulting" with for these statements? Just current employees? Let's ignore that the majority of black and brown people are stalled at assistant/entry level jobs...

What's the likelihood that a current employee is going to expose the racism within your company? They have to protect themselves. Also, getting the one black employee in your company to do your anti-racism work for you isn't progress - it's torture. It's reminding them every...

single day that now, as ever, the weight of anti-racism falls illogically on black bodies, because white people are dodging actually having to look at themselves and consider that a lot of their every day behaviour impacts on us negatively. I would love to see a large scale...

project that invites black theatremakers to submit their experiences anonymously (or not) to buildings/companies. I know, it won't be for everyone. It's more unpaid emotional labour. But we gotta expose the scale/pervasiveness of the problem if we gonna cut it out once & for all.

Ps. I know we all worried about the financial state of the industry. I want it to survive. I want it to thrive. But if when it starts up again it’s the same racist broken mess it always was, then it can go in the bin, frankly.