Anti-Racism & Diversity

We would like to make the following pledges to reflect our continued desire for Mikron to be actively anti-racist and by using our influence to be responsive and to stand in solidarity with efforts to create an anti-racist society.

• We will continue to action our pledges as far and as fast as we can and invite everyone to hold us to them.
• We confirm our commitment to equality.
• We stand against racism and prejudice in order to help create a richer, more diverse and inclusive society where people’s differing needs are all recognised and celebrated.
• We are open to and welcome change and challenge and recognise that any anti-racist action must take account of the intersectionality of racism. What follows is in the spirit of that understanding

As a small company we will use our size to be responsive and implement change quickly, resisting the urge to stick with the safety of what we know and are familiar with.

We won’t use our size to excuse a lack of diversity in our team or in our audiences.

We want to fill the whole potential of ‘theatre anywhere for everyone’, or at least as much as we possibly can.

This is what we’ve done in the last year:

• incorporated equality principles of inclusivity and relevance as core to our business plan
• appointed an Equality Champion on our board created an Inclusivity and Relevance sub-committee of our board and staff
• created a 3 year strategic plan to diversify our creative team that is closely monitored by our Inclusivity and Relevance Committee
• audited the representation of lived experience within our board and begun a recruitment process with the specific aim to diversify
• our AD has committed to attending more grassroots local events to connect with emerging local talent
• commit to ensure that at least 20% of the creative team are underrepresented artists every year

This is what more we’d like to do and have started:

• continue to understand and help break down barriers in recruitment, casting, writing and directing
• continue to increase awareness of Mikron on the circuit and engage with more artists
• continue to cast the net wider to create more opportunities for diversity on our board and in creative roles
• monitor our pledges in our board meetings
• get better at collecting and analysing audience data in relation to diversity to gain a greater understanding of barriers and how to tackle them
• increase our reach to audiences and artists with protected characteristics in a strategic and a timely way
• explore new approaches to commissioning, curation and casting