Making Freelance Work

Alistair Cope, Mimi Doulton, Samuel P. Jones and Josie Underwood are freelancer artists/arts practitioners who work on a voluntary basis for Freelancers Make Theatre Work.Philip Hancock is a Professor of Work and Organisation Studies at the University of Essex and Co-Director of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Society and the Future of Creative Work research group. Melissa Tyler is a Professor of Work and Organisation Studies at the University of Essex and Co-director of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Society and the Future of Creative Work research group.

• Introduction 1. Freelancing in the UK Performing Arts Sector2. Freelance Not Free 3. The Freelance Trap: Being Caught in the ‘Overwork/Underpayment Bind’ 4. ‘It’s an Uphill Climb’: Freelancers’ Experiences of Inequality and Exclusion5. ‘Just Part of the Job?’: The Freelance Mental Health Crisis 6. Making it Work: Towards a More Sustainable, Accessible and Equitable Future