Just recently, a good old friend and work colleague posted a photo on Facebook showing a gender-neutral toilet seen backstage at Cirque du Soleil’s Ka in Las Vegas. As happy as I was about seeing this lovely sight, it also reminded me of how disappointed I continuously am regarding the – in my opinion – very poor efforts made by the entertainment industry towards diversity and inclusion.
The Musicians’ Union has expressed disappointment that the statistics for the 2022 festival season are still not balanced in terms of gender representation of female headliners. Following new BBC research, only 13% of artists headlining this summer are women. The findings Out of 200 headline acts looked at, the BBC study found: 26 (13%) were […]
Black Lives in Music are a collective who are “standing on the frontline of diversity in jazz and classical music”. As the UK celebrates Black History Month in October, we wanted to highlight the work that is being done to support musicians. Black Lives in Music use data and insights to campaign for equity by […]
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