Equity Foundation Podcast

From the ditzy blonde to the Middle Eastern terrorist, stereotypical representations of women, minorities, seniors and other historically marginalised groups are all too common on our stages and screens.

What can we do as individuals and an industry to ensure the characters we create don't perpetuate stereotypes? Is it possible to help reframe the conversation, while creating and sustaining your career? Panellists will share their real world experiences in creating a different narrative.

Speakers:

Tony Ayres - Scripted Producer, Matchbox Pictures

Kate Hood - Performer

Osamah Sami - Performer

Maysa Abouzeid - Performer

Moderator: Sonya Suares - Performer

More and more performers are stepping into production roles such as writing, producing and directing in a bid to create the kinds of stories and characters they want to see on our screens and stages. Four slashies discuss the challenges and rewards of taking on different creative roles, what lead them there and what they learnt along the way.

Speakers:

Robyn Butler - Writer, Performer, Producer

Candy Bowers - Writer, Performer, Comedian, Hip Hop Artist, Director, Producer

Damon Gameau - Performer, Filmmaker

Shaun Micallef - Performer, Comedian, Writer

Moderator: Queenie van de Zandt - Writer, Performer, Producer

Madeline Di Nonno is the Chief Executive Officer of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, the only research based non-profit working with the entertainment and media community to improve gender diversity in entertainment through research based programs. Di Nonno leads the Institute's strategic direction and brings over thirty years experience in media, marketing and business development in the entertainment, non-profit, digital media and consumer packaged goods industries.

Recorded in Melbourne at The Equity Summit on Sunday December 4 2016.

What are the issues that female performers must face on a regular basis and what tools can we use to address them? Join us for a discussion about what rights female performers have and how we can all be empowered to create an industry in which women are treated with equality, respect and dignity.

Speakers: Zoe Angus - Director, Actors Equity Australia & New Zealand

Nicolina Lademann - Senior Associate, Litigation, Marshalls + Dent Lawyers

Ferne Downey - President, International Federation of Actors

Anna McGahan - Performer

Simone Ball Santamaria - Performer

Moderator: Nadine Garner - Performer

Madeline Di Nonno is the Chief Executive Officer of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, the only research based non-profit working with the entertainment and media community to improve gender diversity in entertainment through research based programs. Di Nonno leads the Institute's strategic direction and brings over thirty years experience in media, marketing and business development in the entertainment, non-profit, digital media and consumer packaged goods industries.

Recorded in Melbourne at The Equity Summit on Sunday December 4 2016.

What are the issues that female performers must face on a regular basis and what tools can we use to address them? Join us for a discussion about what rights female performers have and how we can all be empowered to create an industry in which women are treated with equality, respect and dignity.

Speakers: Zoe Angus - Director, Actors Equity Australia & New Zealand

Nicolina Lademann - Senior Associate, Litigation, Marshalls + Dent Lawyers

Ferne Downey - President, International Federation of Actors

Anna McGahan - Performer

Simone Ball Santamaria - Performer

Moderator: Nadine Garner - Performer

More and more performers are stepping into production roles such as writing, producing and directing in a bid to create the kinds of stories and characters they want to see on our screens and stages. Four slashies discuss the challenges and rewards of taking on different creative roles, what lead them there and what they learnt along the way.

Speakers:

Robyn Butler - Writer, Performer, Producer

Candy Bowers - Writer, Performer, Comedian, Hip Hop Artist, Director, Producer

Damon Gameau - Performer, Filmmaker

Shaun Micallef - Performer, Comedian, Writer

Moderator: Queenie van de Zandt - Writer, Performer, Producer

From the ditzy blonde to the Middle Eastern terrorist, stereotypical representations of women, minorities, seniors and other historically marginalised groups are all too common on our stages and screens.

What can we do as individuals and an industry to ensure the characters we create don't perpetuate stereotypes? Is it possible to help reframe the conversation, while creating and sustaining your career? Panellists will share their real world experiences in creating a different narrative.

Speakers:

Tony Ayres - Scripted Producer, Matchbox Pictures

Kate Hood - Performer

Osamah Sami - Performer

Maysa Abouzeid - Performer

Moderator: Sonya Suares - Performer

Some of Australia's most successful storytellers reflect on their careers, bringing female stories to the screen, what they wish for the future of our industry and how we get there.

Speakers: Gillian Armstrong - Director

Sue Maslin - Producer

Ana Kokkinos - Director

Nadia Tass - Director

Moderator: Danielle Cormack

Recorded at the Equity Summit in Melbourne on Sunday December 4 2016.

Statistics about the gender imbalance in the entertainment industry are stark. Women are still missing in a major way. Industry leaders discuss what we are doing as an industry, the current movement for change, what changes they want to see when it comes to the representation of women and what they see coming down the line.

Speakers:

Brett Sheehy, Artistic Director, Melbourne Theatre Company

Georgina Naidu, Performer

Leanne Tonkes, Producer, Sense & Centsability

Michelle Guthrie, Managing Director, ABC

Moderator: Leah Vandenberg, Performer

Recorded on Monday December 5th 2016 at The Equity Summit: Gender on the Agenda.