London appoints freelancers to shape future of creative work

Fifty performing arts freelancers have joined a City of London project investigating the future of self-employed creative work.

The creatives have been matched with a partner organisation with which they will collaborate on ways to improve working practices and opportunities post-pandemic.

The programme will develop a new Freelancers' Charter setting out the standards cultural and creative industries freelancers can expect from employers.  

"This programme places creatives in the driving seat as we all work to reset how we value and support freelancers," Deputy Mayor Justine Simons said.

The chosen 50 and their partner organisations are:

Seifeidin Abdel Salam            Battersea Arts Centre
Emily Beecher                 Theatre Centre
Shaniqua Benjamin             Boundless Theatre
Laura Caldow                Little Angel Theatre
Jessica Carter                 Vital Xposure
Emma Clark                 Actors Touring Company
Emily Collins                 Old Diorama Arts Centre
Rhys Cook aka Oberon White        The Yard Theatre
Natasha Davis                 Barbican Centre
Stefano Di Renzo             VAULT Festival
Sara Doctors                  WeMakeEvents
Eleesha Drennan              The Place
Carole Edrich                 Paddington Development Trust
Elles Elliott                Raw Material Music and Media
Tanja Erhart                Spare Tyre
Richard Evans                 Tamasha Theatre Company
Sarah Farnsley                Siobhan Davies Dance
Alex Fernandes                Headlong Theatre Limited
Jonathan Glew                Camden People’s Theatre
Fauzia Habib                 Serious
Ali Hunter                 The Old Vic
Tash Hyman                 National Theatre
Caroline Jeyaratnam-Joyner        A New Direction
Chloe Kennedy                  Turtle Key Arts
Anne Langford                 Stratford Circus
Nathalie Alison Layton-McIntosh        Roundhouse
Gael Le Cornec                 LIFT
Del Mak                 Akademi
Sarah Meadows       Parents and Carers in Performing Arts
Cole Morrison                Sound and Music
Olivia Munk                 Turtle Key Arts
Aston New                 Talawa Theatre Company
Seeta Patel                Royal Opera House
Mary Paterson                Serpentine
Joanna Pidcock                 Headlong Theatre Limited
Sarah Poekert                 artsdepot Ltd
Megan Prescott                 Polka Theatre
Nancy May Roberts            Rambert
Cory Shipp                 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain
Lauren Silver                 Young Vic Theatre
Kunal Singhal                 UK Music
Beth Sitek                 Fitzrovia Noir CIC
PJ Stanley                 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Hannah Tookey                Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Shamira Turner                Bush Theatre
Eve Veglio-White            Sadler’s Wells
Krista Vuori                 Theatre Royal Stratford East
Beth Watson                 English Touring Opera
George Williamson           Studio Wayne McGregor
Kyley Winfield                 tiata fahodzi