Gender Equality & Diversity in European Theatres

Theatre is an essential part of Europe’s cultural diversity.
Yet too often staff and artistic performances struggle to reflect the diverse realities of the cities and countries we live in, and to offer representation and equal opportunities to all citizens—regardless of gender, disabilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, class, or religious and philosophical backgrounds. 
 
Gender Equality & Diversity in European Theatres is a landmark research document commissioned by the European Theatre Convention (ETC), Europe’s network of public theatres, to assess current progress on diversity in theatres across the continent. 
 
It spans 22 European countries, answering for more than 4,000 permanent theatre staff and over 11,000 people involved in 655 performances at ETC member theatres.

In this way, the study also grapples with the complex challenge of producing a standardised response to diversity in theatre staff and productions across a vast and often fractured continent.