{"id":22,"date":"2023-12-20T09:55:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T09:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayaproductions.co.uk\/inclusion-boost\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2024-11-28T21:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T21:29:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mayaproductions.co.uk\/inclusion-boost\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row padding_top_multiplier=&#8221;4x&#8221; rc_bg_type=&#8221;color&#8221; rc_bg_color=&#8221;#b0de96&#8243;][vc_column vertical_content_position=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; tablet_width=&#8221;hide&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_width=&#8221;1&#8243;]<div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-2x\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">What is Inclusion Boost?<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; tablet_width=&#8221;hide&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner content_width=&#8221;75&#8243; horizontal_content_position=&#8221;center&#8221; tablet_width=&#8221;hide&#8221; tablet_content_width=&#8221;100&#8243; tablet_sm_content_width=&#8221;100&#8243; mobile_content_width=&#8221;100&#8243; tablet_sm_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; mobile_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;]<div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-1x\"><\/div>[vc_column_text text_style=&#8221;leader-text&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maya Productions\u2019 research project <\/span><b>Where Am I?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">led by Suzanne Gorman<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0 revealed the importance of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Asian, African diaspora<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and global majority background role models and leaders for workforce diversity and inclusion in the performing arts. Seeing these role models in the spotlight builds ambition in young people and motivates individuals to step into a career in the arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"grve-empty-space grve-height-1x\"><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243; vertical_content_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; tablet_sm_width=&#8221;1-2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<b>Inclusion Boost<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Maya\u2019s pilot online careers toolkit. It puts the spotlight on six theatre professionals from black, asian, latin american and global majority backgrounds working in a range of roles in theatre.\u00a0 Through interviews we found out about their background, routes into their profession, career highlights, challenges and day to day working lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In sharing these inspiring and honest accounts\u00a0 <\/span><b>Inclusion Boost<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> aims to demystify theatre processes and open up pathways into the industry for those currently underrepresented,\u00a0 and give everyone an insight into what it&#8217;s really like to build a career in theatre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have partnered with Charter Schools, North and East Dulwich, to develop and test the toolkit. This included working with students to identify theatre roles and jobs that they want more information about and finding out the key questions they would like to ask theatre professionals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are also very grateful to our local Southwark-based partners: Mountview, BOLD Elephant, Exchange Theatre, London Bubble Theatre Company and Southwark Playhouse who have supported us in creating this toolkit.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243; tablet_sm_width=&#8221;1-2&#8243;][vc_raw_html]JTNDc2NyaXB0JTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ1bnBrZy5jb20lMkYlNDBkb3Rsb3R0aWUlMkZwbGF5ZXItY29tcG9uZW50JTQwbGF0ZXN0JTJGZGlzdCUyRmRvdGxvdHRpZS1wbGF5ZXIubWpzJTIyJTIwdHlwZSUzRCUyMm1vZHVsZSUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRnNjcmlwdCUzRSUzQ2RvdGxvdHRpZS1wbGF5ZXIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmxvdHRpZS5ob3N0JTJGYTBiOTc5YjctYTY5YS00MDg5LTliNzctZmU0N2I3ZTEzZjE0JTJGSVlTSG15bDd4ei5qc29uJTIyJTIwYmFja2dyb3VuZCUyMHNwZWVkJTNEJTIyMSUyMiUyMHN0eWxlJTNEJTIyd2lkdGglM0ElMjA1MDBweCUzQiUyMGhlaWdodCUzQSUyMDUwMHB4JTIyJTIwZGlyZWN0aW9uJTNEJTIyMSUyMiUyMG1vZGUlM0QlMjJub3JtYWwlMjIlMjBsb29wJTIwYXV0b3BsYXklM0UlM0MlMkZkb3Rsb3R0aWUtcGxheWVyJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221; 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