STAF’s Creative Director/CEO & Dr Amitabh Rai of the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London, talk to Prof Pascale Aebischer at Pandemic and Beyond about PLD.
Performing Leadership Differently (PLD) is about issues of racial inequality and class privilege in theatre and performance. It is a collaboration between arts workers, researchers and a cross sector steering group, informed by and relevant to those most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and aiming to create a more equitable and relevant arts sector. By working together, PLD aims to directly address the lack of diverse representation at the highest levels of the arts and change it for the better.
Since 2021 we have been unpicking leadership models to celebrate different ones, enabling genuine participation and input from people who have direct experience of racism and classism. This work responds to the inadequate mechanisms currently being used to attempt to rebuild the arts following the impact of the pandemic.
Funded by UKRI - Arts and Humanities Research Council and the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
Winner of QMUL’s Impact Award for Excellence in Research.
