changing the faces of theatre

Artist Training

Stage A Change has and will produce training programs to help aspiring artists discover the arts as a career. A rotating roster of directors, acting coaches, music directors, choreographers, agents etc. will facilitate these workshop style classes and professional artists will supplement training by engaging with students. Through this elite training program, aspiring artists who have been underserved by traditional training programs can begin to learn the skills necessary to be competitive in the industry at a professional standard.

Industry Standards

We will continue to facilitate discussion and action with industry stakeholders to create ground- and glass-breaking industry standards with regard to diversity, equity and inclusion best practice. These efforts will continue to support more and more actors of colour being cast and creatives and crew finding access to professional stages. Through consultancy, strategic support, and open, candid discussion, Stage A Change has successfully helped casting directors, artistic directors, producers, and creatives update policies and create a framework for inclusive procedures, leading to more diverse, inclusive and equitable theatre sector.

Community Engagement

By organically engaging culturally diverse and traditionally underrepresented communities, we can develop new audiences who are excited to see stories told onstage - not only their stories, but stories that authentically reflect Australia’s mulit-cultural demographics. The first steps are to create ongoing discussions and experiences that welcome a new audience into live theatre and the accessibility of the arts as a career. Next, we provide content and programming that will engage, but not patronize, the audience. As we remove the barriers preventing access, Stage A Change will continue to produce programming for under-represented communities.