Itโs a landslide! The results are in, and Equity members have made their position clear with a 99.6% YES vote. They are prepared and ready to take action to secure AI protections.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/pe...
"It's terrifying."
๐จ AUDIO ARTISTS LIVING IN FEAR OF AI
This weekend's article in The Telegraph featuring Equity Audio's #MarcusHutton and @equityuk.bsky.social Screen & New Media's #LaurenceBouvard.
Thank you to both for highlighting this issue so eloquently.
www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/actors-...
Audio artists: use our NEW recommended min. rates & best practice for recording audiobooks.
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The guidance has been put together by Equityโs audio committee while we continue to fight for a collective agreement in the industry, so that all audio artists are guaranteed decent pay.
www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support/know-your-rights/audio-info-hub/audiobooks
Till The Stars Come Down has transferred beautifully to the Haymarket ๐ซโค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ซโค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ซโค๏ธโ๐ฅ๐ซโค๏ธโ๐ฅ
Bravo to our dear friend Beth Steel. It was an honour to be by your side on your West-End debut. ๐๐ปโค๏ธ
If you are in London this summer, donโt miss out on an epic night of theatre.๐ญ
@nationaltheatre.org.uk #theatrelondon
๐จ VOTE NOW IN THE @equityuk.bsky.social COMMITTEE ELECTIONS
As outgoing Audio Committee member Louise Barrett says, for the first time *all* committees are contested so it's really important to make your voice heard.
Search your inbox for 'ukevote' to get your ballot link.
#YOUareTheUnion
๐๐ Thanks Chris!
Equity friends! I am standing for a second term on the Audio Committee. @equityaudio.bsky.social
Please consider voting for me so I can continue to push for better rates, conditions and protections for ALL voices.
Audio is often a Wild West but we do make a difference when we work together. ๐ช๐
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER UNETHICAL AI EXPLOITATION
EquityAudio calls on @readspeaker.com - who claim to "empower accessibility & inclusion" - and #ScotRail to reconsider selling and using Gayanne's voice without her consent.
#StopAIStealingTheShowโ๐ป
@equityuk.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
After a few years of learning, deepening and procrastinating...
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I hope y'all like it! ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ถ๐ฌ๐ต๐ซ๐ท๐ช๐ธ๐ฌ๐ท๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ง
#voiceactor #animationvoice #comรฉdienne #animation
youtu.be/ctIv6YkVfm4?...
SO deserved! Eline Arbo is a genius.
THE YEARS is one of the best things I have ever seen. Catch it at Harold Pinter theatre before it ends!
We were at #BAFTAGamesAwards tonight calling on bosses to improve pay & conditions for video game performers through union agreements!
While itโs great to celebrate successes, bosses canโt ignore the poor pay & practices faced by the workforce #EquityGameOn
(Photos: Mark Thomas)
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Well done everyone! ๐๐๐๐
RETROGRADE by Ryan Calais Cameron is now on at the Apollo Theatre.
It is SO SO GOOD. The writing, the acting, everything!
A much needed story for our times
and I won't say more because I want you to have the same wondefurl night at the theatre that I had.
GO GO GO! ๐ญโค๏ธโ
Audio!๐โโ๏ธ
Meta Faces Legal Challenge by French Publishers Over AI Training www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/tec...
A picture of 30 gorgeous and talented actors in video games, posing as if their lives depended on it.
Meet THE PIXEL PACK: the actors changing the gameโฆfor gaming.
ew.com/pixel-pack-m...
Thanks to @ivanweiss-london.bsky.social @shinehousepr.bsky.social and the juggernaut/gem that is @neilnewbon.bsky.social
So delighted for Beth Steel that her wonderful play TILL THE STARS COME DOWN will be transfering to the West-End this summer. ๐๐๐๐ฐโโ๏ธ๐ฐโโ๏ธโจโจโจโจโจ
WGGB Audio Co-Chair Nicola Baldwin is talking on BBC Radio 4 Feedback this afternoon at 3.30pm, about plans to axe audio drama from BBC Radio 3 + why it is so important that we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC
#SADatTheBBC
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Oh yes ! I submitted over a month ago! Been wroting to my MP too. Yes, it was great to see #MakeItFair campain launch yesterday!
Thanks for the correction! And the draft !
Tell Government to drop plans to allow #bigtech companies to scrape creatorsโ work for use in AI models without their consent or payment!
One week left to complete the Copyright and #AI consultation.
Take action now๐
www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-policy/stop-ai-stealing-the-show
๐๏ธ Today is World Radio Day, but audio drama is under serious threat! ๐๏ธ
Please sign and share our petition to save audio drama at the BBC.
Letโs reach 10,000 โ๏ธ๐
www.change.org/p/save-audio...
Happy #WorldRadioDay! Send a video message to Director-General Tim Davie + the BBC about why audio drama is so important to you, why you oppose their cuts and why we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC
#SADatTheBBC
writersguild.org.uk/save-audio-d...
โ ๏ธ Performers are facing industrial scale theft by AI companies.
Weโve written to entertainment bosses today calling for an urgent conversation over AI use.
Full story ๐
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/en...
Throwback to our Germany tour of The Hypondriac by Moliรจre. Shot from the wings by Guillaume Laroche.
Here, my Toinette decides that crushing Argan might THE cure to his ailments.
Such a fun part to play and Sion Hughes (Argan) was not even harmed!
#moliere #theatre #lemaladeimaginaire #toinette
Tonight we open at the Yard, and we also invite you to a Grief Mixer next Tuesday 4 Feb. DM us if you want a discount code for that Eve as well!
Hi ! I'm trying to DM you for a disount code. But It seems like you can't be messaged!
Baroness Kidron speaking in defense of the creative industries @houseoflords.parliament.uk against the government's Ai plans.
@neilcoyle.bsky.social I am counting on you to defend Southwark creatives in the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
