Overview
This is a book about why change matters, its benefits – artistic,
commercial, ethical and social – and how, with everyone's help, we can
actually achieve it. From small shifts, such as how you run your
meetings, or what's on the shelves of your school library, to rethinking
concepts as huge as the art we inherit, how we attribute excellence,
and the constraints we unwittingly pass on to the next generation, there
are things we can all do to bring about change.
In this book, you'll find provocations to help you consider your
current practices and their effects, challenge unconscious biases and
identify opportunities for change, plus strategies and tools to help you
decide where best to focus your efforts, to convince others why change
matters, and to achieve meaningful, lasting success.
Eye-opening, empowering and inspiring, All Change Please is a
book for anyone who loves theatre. Whether you make it, teach it, watch
it or study it, everyone has their own unique part to play in helping
refresh, reshape and re-imagine the industry as truly diverse, equal and
inclusive.
'We are the industry. If things will shift it is down to
us, all of us, to make that happen. We all need to reflect on how we
work, how we think, and how we make choices. That's what will drive the
greatest change.'
Since 2011, Lucy Kerbel and her organisation Tonic Theatre have been
working with companies and individuals across the theatre industry to
support them in achieving greater gender equality in their work and
workforces. Her first book, 100 Great Plays for Women, is also published by Nick Hern Books.