ACTION Theatre FESTIVAL Meeting with members / actors and non-PMA agents

Festival theatre is a vital part of South African performance, but it often comes with its own pressures: short runs, shared risk, tight budgets and unclear terms for performers. ACTION is working to bring clearer, fairer and more sustainable standards to the performance industry, and this meeting is your chance to make sure festival realities are part of that conversation.

ACTION’s immediate goal is a negotiated performers’ and actors’ contract, developed through the formal process under the Competition Commission exemption. That exemption gives stakeholders a lawful, transparent space to negotiate recommended minimum rates and contract terms. Once a contract is agreed, it goes to the Competition Commission for confirmation, and a further pathway through the Department of Employment and Labour could eventually make standards enforceable. That process includes public participation, so the input of performers, agents and other stakeholders matters.

Come to:

• Understand what the process means for work at festivals
• Ask questions and raise concerns about festival contracts, rates and terms
• Share your experience so that festival realities shape the outcome

Many actors work as independent contractors and fall outside key labour-law protections. Your voice helps build standards that reflect how our industry really works.

Date: 23 November (Theatre Festival)

Time: 16h00-18h00

Venue / Link: Online Link Provided on Ticket

More information: https://collective-action.org.za