Acknowledging the king! Dominic West ran into Queen Consort Camilla while filming The Crown — and she greeted the actor in a surprising way.
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The charity Parents And Carers In Performing Arts has published a new report which concludes that the UK classical music sector risks losing talent and decreasing in diversity unless urgent changes are made to employment practices so that they are more inclusive of parents and carers working in the industry.PiPA worked with researchers at Birkbeck, University Of London on the research set out in the new report, and found that 82% of those surveyed founding managing work and family commitments “moderately to extremely stressful”.Self-employed women in the sector are most impacted by working practices that skew against parents and carers, meaning that female performers frequently earn less and are twice as likely to turn down work due to caring responsibilities. As a result of these challenges, 40% of those surveyed were thinking about leaving their careers in musicProfessor Almuth McDowall – who led the research team – says: “Parents and in particular self-employed women report significant career penalties in terms of access to work and earnings.
Our research signposts a clear need to address outdated work practices and a culture of employers not taking responsibility for duty of care and equal opportunity”.Specific challenges raised by self-employed parents and carers in the sector include: “Lack of flexibility and scheduling; lack of affordable, flexible, ad-hoc childcare; the logistical and financial demands of touring and working away; and the need to meet inflexible demands of additional work, such as teaching, to subsidise earnings”.PiPA is now establishing a working group to design a best practice charter to address the issues the research identifies. Both Help Musicians and the Musicians Union supported the
.Acknowledging the king! Dominic West ran into Queen Consort Camilla while filming The Crown — and she greeted the actor in a surprising way.
Sony Pictures Classics has pre-bought rights to the drama Freud’s Last Session, starring Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins (Armageddon Time) and Emmy nominee Matthew Goode (The Crown), from Westend Films and CAA Media Finance.
Sony Pictures Classics have acquired from Westend Films all rights in North America, the Middle East, India, Eastern Europe (excluding Russia), Turkey, and worldwide airlines to “Freud’s Last Session,” starring Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode, the company announced on Wednesday.The film is directed by Matt Brown (“The Man Who Knew Infinity”) and written by Mark St. Germain (“The God Committee”) based on his play of the same name.The film is described as the following: “On the eve of the Second World War and the end of his life, Sigmund Freud (Hopkins) invites iconic author C.S.
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Queen Consort Camilla and her sister enjoyed a rare night out together in London on Monday night, where they brushed shoulders with pop royalty. Literature lover Camilla arrived at the Roundhouse for the Booker Prize awards ceremony in London with Annabel Elliot, and one of the first people she met was Dua Lipa, who delivered a speech at the event.
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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief International streaming company Netflix has unveiled six new titles representing its first wide-ranging slate of content from Thailand. Its four films and two series span the comedy, suspense and comedy drama genres and hail from six different local production firms – GMM Studios, International, GDH, Song Sound Productions, Transformation Films, 18 Tanwa and Jungka Bangkok. Significantly, too, they are sourced from established directors or producers. Writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries” is produced by Ekachai Uekrongtham (“Beautiful Boxer,” “Pleasure Factory”) and will stream from mid-November.
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Dannii Minogue is glad her sister Kylie has moved home to Australia. The 'I Should Be So Lucky' superstar relocated back to her native Melbourne earlier this year after spending three decades living in the UK and her sister Dannii has revealed Kylie is enjoying being able to spend more time with her family now they are all based Down Under. She told Hello! magazine: "It's great [having Kylie home].