Union Activity by Ayesha Casely-Hayford
Ayesha Casely-Hayford | actress blog Tuesday 2nd June! The ACT FOR CHANGE Project had its 2nd event – this time even bigger than before – we were at The National Theatre – sold out, star-studded. A massive amount of passion and energy filled the theatre. At times so emotional, particularly as Jenny Sealey of Graeae […]
Ayesha Casely-Hayford | Actress blog It has not been an aspiration of mine to be a chair, but when the opportunity came, I took it. I was happy to be a chair for my local Equity branch meeting whilst the real chair and vice chair were away performing. Equity, in particular my branch The West and […]
Ayesha Casely-Hayford | Actress blog A conference for 350 people, with no agenda – Devoted and Disgruntled. With invitation from their artistic director Phelim McDermott, the Improbable Theatre company created and have been successfully hosting Devoted and Disgruntled for ten years. It is a two and a half day conference for the arts and performance industry. Anyone […]
When I left my gorgeous and hard-worked for job as a solicitor to go to drama school with others 10 years my junior I found myself in a panic of feeling very irresponsible. I decided I better join my union and start to do something that reminded me I was a grown-up. I’ve not looked […]
For the past couple of months my Equity union activities have been taken to another level through engagement with Act For Change – a campaign to raise awareness and effect change in the TV industry. The Act For Change project was begun by actor Danny Lee Wynter who was shocked by the lack of diversity […]
THE FIRST EVER business day of the West and South West London Equity Branch. The brain child of our Branch Chair, actor Andrew Macbean, our first Business Day at The Seven Dials Club in the heart of Covent Garden has been a Success. Over 100 members attended to hear guest speakers presenting talks and offering […]
It has been a week of progress. I’ve been busy with theatre, film, voiceover work and auditions. What has been on my mind though is the topic of equality. At my Equity Branch meeting last month we were discussing the Bechdel test: representation of women in film. You can read more here but essentially this has […]
