Welcome to episode 36. At my core I am a stage manager. I started my career as a stage manager and no matter how hard I fight and try and explore and adventure at my core, I am a stage manager.

I am standing in the 2023-25 committee elections as a stage management candidate for Equity's committees...

A whirlwind tour of my SM philosophy and Equity experience.

If you get to 35 and you're still working in the entertainment industry, for me getting to 30 and realising that actually I might want to have kids is what derailed my career because I felt that I had to

This is episode 36 - Being a Stage Manager, Buyouts and the 2023 EquityUK Committee Elections. This podcast is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠recorded using Otter.AI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ which generates a transcript. Its not perfect but⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠i⁠f you'd like it to help process the audio here is the link

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ep36. Being a Stagemanager | EquityElections - West Park Park Bench PodcastSummary

• Why I left stage management to explore other worlds. 0:04

  
  



• Introduction to committee elections. 2:17

  
  
  
  

  • Introduction to episode 36 of the west park park bench podcast.

    
    
  
  

  • Introduction to the Equity Elections.

    
    
  
  
  
  



• Equity does not find you a job. 3:58

  
  



• How do you develop a career in the industry? 6:17

  
  
  
  

  • How to develop a career as a producer after 25.

    
    
  
  

  • The importance of initiatives.

    
    
  
  
  
  



• Why is it important for me to be on committees? 8:05

  
  
  
  

  • Making it in the entertainment industry at 35.

    
    
  
  

  • Why being on committees is important.

    
    
  
  
  
  



• The value of being on the committee. 9:54

  
  



• The buyout calculator. 11:55

  
  
  
  

  • The buy-out calculator.

    
    
  
  

  • Industrial contracts and buy-outs.

    
    
  
  
  
  



• The importance of being part of the Equity mechanism. 13:56

  
  



• The importance of voting for the right people. 14:58

  
  
  
  

  • The entertainments union is made up of union professionals.

    
    
  
  

  • The different sectors of the union.

    
    
  
  
  
  



• The branch structure of Equity. 16:44

  
  
  
  

  • Being a member of equity makes a difference.

    
    
  
  

  • The importance of equity and having a voice.

    
    
  
  

  • Thanking those who proposed her.