Equity is pleased to have confirmed our first House Agreement with The Brutish Multitude theatre company.
The agreement ensures that performance and stage management professionals working with Brutish are protected by the terms of the Equity House Agreement, which includes guarantees around levels of pay in line with ITC rates, working hours and holiday provision.
The house agreement with Equity ensures that professionals working with Brutish Multitude are covered by union agreed terms and conditions.
Michael Crowley, Artistic Director, The Brutish Multitude Theatre, said “I'm delighted to have signed an Equity agreement for my theatre company, The Brutish Multitude. It is essential that performers receive decent pay and conditions; standards set by Equity protect the future of the arts. Theatre can have something important to say to audiences through its work, but also, how it treats its workers as well.”
Dominic Bascombe, Equity Official for the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside, said: "We welcome this agreement with The Brutish Multitude Theatre company. It represents a positive step forward in demonstrating the value of professional performers working under a recognised union agreement. Performers working at Brutish theatre will benefit from an agreement that is working towards best practice in the industry.”
Formed in Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, in 2018, the Brutish Multitude theatre company began with a focus on historical plays. Their initial production, based on the 1643 English Civil War battle, the Battle of Heptonstall, played before local communities including at Halifax Minster. Later work has appeared across the Calder Valley and Halifax Playhouse.
