David John
@DavidJohn1960
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Actor, Voice Artist, Drummer, Dubbing Director for #Netflix Honorary Treasurer & Audio Councillor at @EquityUK #ArtsEd @voice_squad Trustee @SafetyCurtainHQ
London, England
Joined September 2012
Wonderful news for our union & a stonking mandate for our General Secretary. Well deserved. ✊
The results are in! @paulwfleming has been re-elected as General Secretary of Equity with 81% of the vote. “It’s an overwhelming honour to be re-elected as General Secretary of Equity. Members chose a loud, proud, and radical vision for Equity, and I won’t let you down.”
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Please sign this petition to reinstate NT Primary Schools Touring.
Every child deserves access to live performance from the earliest possible age. With school trips for state pupils in sharp decline, the National Theatre must reach out and into our schools. Take action to Reinstate NT Primary Schools Touring: https://t.co/5K8X8jWv4q
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📻 *WIN!!* BBC commits to 90 minute audio drama slot on Radio 4 following our #SADatTheBBC campaign. Focus on new dramas and original adaptations of stage plays.
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Equity win! Pay increase and improvements for performers in new BBC TV Agreement
equity.org.uk
New Agreement will see a 13% increase to minimum episodic fees and associated payments and a 10% increase to minimum weekly fees.
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Wilko: Love and Death and Rock 'N' Roll - Southwark Playhouse
southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
A mixture of words, rock ‘n roll, and quotes from Wilko Johnson (Dr Feelgood) himself, Wilko: Love and Death and Rock ‘n Roll tells the amazing, uplifting true story of the Canvey Island legend in...
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‘I hope you enjoy the show. I hope I’m not dead’: how Feelgood star Wilko never saw the play about his life. #SouthwarkPlayhouse #WilkoJohnson Looking forward to doing this again… from March 20th.
theguardian.com
The musician lived a wild story of many acts: Jonathan Maitland turned it into a play and read it to him just a year before he died. This is how their encounter went …
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Please support this important campaign: https://t.co/97Nf3zjD3S via @megaphoneuk
megaphone.org.uk
Schools do not have the resources to offer these kinds of experiences themselves. Primary school children in particular are being left behind. In spite of the National Theatre’s cuts being branded...
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Equity’s Spotlight campaign supported by TUC | Equity
equity.org.uk
The TUC Congress has passed Equity’s motion to ban upfront fees charged to performers by casting directories.
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News from Equity’s excellent Audio Committee & in particular the Video Games Working Party. #EquityGameOn
🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨 📢New campaign launched by Equity and @EquityAudio to give videogames performers fair pay, safe workplaces and control over their work! 🎮Game On! 🎮 #EquityGameOn
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🚨 Oldham Coliseum Saved! 🚨 💪We’re proud to be part of the community coalition that saved Oldham Coliseum and to have campaigned to #SaveOldhamColiseum from Day 1. 🔎Arts Council England still have questions to answer! 🙌We did it! Full story and comment⬇️
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It was a pleasure & honour to sit on this panel for @EquityUK in solidarity with our sibling union in #Colombia with their extraordinary representatives. #LatinAmerica 🇨🇴
Excellent @EquityUK fringe on the struggle for fair conditions for Colombia's performing arts workers, as well as the sector's support for peace and human rights. Brilliant panel with @actoresACA's @JulioHCorreal + @erikactriz, plus Equity president @LyndaRooke + @DavidJohn1960.
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Save Oldham Coliseum Theatre - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/Thu6HphkxW via @UKChange
change.org
Save Oldham Coliseum Theatre
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I’m going to this…. will I see any Edinburgh friends? #tradeunions #Equity #NationalMeeting #Scotland
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“There appears to be a growing recognition that underrepresented voices can contribute to a better more inclusive future” #workingclass #workingclasstalent #creativeindustries
Celebrating working-class memory: a way of looking to the future
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