If you really want to encourage artistic risk taking, theatre-makers need to feel safe from those in power and from each other. The key to change is to teach students about ethics, says Daniel Foster.
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Post-Weinstein, a discussion of professional ethics in drama education is badly needed (Times Higher Education)
This week, The Stage released a study showing that of more than 1,000 theatre professionals and drama students surveyed, 40 per cent reported that they had been bullied, 31 per cent reported having encountered sexual harassment, and 8 per cent claimed to have been sexually assaulted. Respondents repeatedly referred to the fact that such behaviour was “ingrained into the theatre culture”.
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