Anti-Racism Touring Rider
The Anti-Racism Touring Rider was created in Spring 2021 to establish a baseline of expectations between companies, venues and artists on a touring production.
Organisations and freelancers across the country were consulted to design the rider and accompanying checklist, offering a series of actions for anti-racist practice and giving a framework for discussion and support before and during a tour. The toolkit that was created can be used by everyone committed to change in the arts sector, irrespective of scale or remit.
The rider was co-ordinated and supported by the following: 19-27; Actors Touring Company; Amanda Huxtable; Complicité; China Plate; English Touring Theatre; Frantic Assembly; Graeae; Headlong; Imitating the Dog; Inspector Sands; Kali Theatre; Kneehigh; Oily Cart; Pilot Theatre; Talawa; Wise Children; 20 Stories High; Boundless; Eclipse Theatre; Fuel; HighTide; Improbable; New Earth Theatre; Northern Broadsides; Paines Plough; Pentabus; Spare Tyre; Stockroom; Tamasha; Theatre Centre.
Our Commitment
At 20 Stories High we have adopted the Anti-Racism Rider as an important statement of our intent and we will work with colleagues and companies from across the industry to implement this. As an organisation, we have made a commitment over the next 2 years to meet the baseline actions of the rider.
This commitment is in addition to the current Anti-Racism work we are doing internally and externally with Inc Arts as we move towards being a truly anti-racist organisation.
“This is a game changer. I found it quite emotional reading this. We have been battling years of systemic racism formally and informally. This document sets out brilliantly a blueprint, which will not only help ease the emotional and psychological burdens we have been carrying but offers organisations support as well as holding them to account.”
Keith Saha, Co-artistic Director at 20 Stories High
Resources
Click the links below to access the Anti-Racist Touring Rider.
Anti-Racism Touring Rider – Large Print
Anti-Racism Touring Rider – Screen Reader
Anti-Racism Touring Rider – Easy Read
Anti-Racism Touring Rider Checklist
Anti-Racism Touring Rider Checklist – Large Print