The Actors Social aims to bring together practitioners of the performing arts.
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Living in a big city like London can be daunting, and for many actors across the capital it can be difficult to find friends and create a community.
Actors spend most of their time looking for jobs and going to auditions, so they have little time to meet their contemporaries. One performer has taken it upon themselves to create a space where relationships can be formed in the industry.
Claire Burley, an actor since 2020, had noticed how actors have been experiencing more isolation since the Covid-19 pandemic, which was when self tape auditions became standard practice.
Burley created The Actors Social, which aims to become a monthly meet up for actors across London. The community will provide a space for performers to form relationships with each other and support one another.
Burley said “As an actor, I realized how lonely it can get sometimes. I had gone to a meet up and thought that this should be a normal thing. In creating The Actors Social, I just wanted to build a community of people who are there for each other, there to support each other, to collaborate with each other, and have each others back especially because acting can be quite lonely sometimes.”
Claire Burley founded the organisation in response to rising concerns about loneliness in the industry.
A taxing job
According to Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union, those in the industry are twice as likely to experience depression compared with the general population.
The impact of Covid-19 restrictions on theatres and venues contributed to job insecurity, low pay and increased anxiety. The lack of a supportive community could have exacerbated these issues.
Actor Vincent Rosec has started attending the The Actors Social as he aims to combat his loneliness.
Rosec said “I think it’s a difficult job to get paid for and sometimes it feels a bit lonely if you don’t have that support so meeting people who are pursuing the same dreams really helps if you want to keep going”
So far, the group has had a positive influence on Rosec’s day to day life. The community provides him with a strong basis of support as he experiences rejections and tough auditions.
The need for community among actors has increased with the cost-of-living crisis getting worsening. The Actors Social hopes that it will help to alleviate the loneliness and pressures of being an actor in London.
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Living in a big city like London can be daunting, and for many actors across the capital it can be difficult to find friends and create a community.
Actors spend most of their time looking for jobs and going to auditions, so they have little time to meet their contemporaries. One performer has taken it upon themselves to create a space where relationships can be formed in the industry.
Claire Burley, an actor since 2020, had noticed how actors have been experiencing more isolation since the Covid-19 pandemic, which was when self tape auditions became standard practice.
Burley created The Actors Social, which aims to become a monthly meet up for actors across London. The community will provide a space for performers to form relationships with each other and support one another.
Burley said “As an actor, I realized how lonely it can get sometimes. I had gone to a meet up and thought that this should be a normal thing. In creating The Actors Social, I just wanted to build a community of people who are there for each other, there to support each other, to collaborate with each other, and have each others back especially because acting can be quite lonely sometimes.”
Claire Burley founded the organisation in response to rising concerns about loneliness in the industry.
A taxing job
According to Equity, the performing arts and entertainment trade union, those in the industry are twice as likely to experience depression compared with the general population.
The impact of Covid-19 restrictions on theatres and venues contributed to job insecurity, low pay and increased anxiety. The lack of a supportive community could have exacerbated these issues.
Actor Vincent Rosec has started attending the The Actors Social as he aims to combat his loneliness.
Rosec said “I think it’s a difficult job to get paid for and sometimes it feels a bit lonely if you don’t have that support so meeting people who are pursuing the same dreams really helps if you want to keep going”
So far, the group has had a positive influence on Rosec’s day to day life. The community provides him with a strong basis of support as he experiences rejections and tough auditions.
The need for community among actors has increased with the cost-of-living crisis getting worsening. The Actors Social hopes that it will help to alleviate the loneliness and pressures of being an actor in London.
