Equal Opportunities

Stage2 Youth Theatre Company is committed to promoting equal opportunities, to pursuing non-discriminatory policies and practice and eliminating unfair discrimination on grounds of age, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, class, nationality, creed, colour, ethnic origin, political belief or disability.

Stage2 undertakes and promotes equal opportunities in everything it does including auditions and interviews, in the execution of its curriculum, in employment and in teaching, ensuring all staff and members have rights and responsibilities in relation to the promotion of equality. Stage2 aims to provide excellent, flexible, accessible and relevant education that is suited to its location and external spaces. Applicants who identify themselves as having specific needs, including any disclosed disabilities are offered appropriate support provision and facilities to ensure they can fully participate in Stage2.

In fulfilling Stage2's commitment to its policy, Stage2 will

• Communicate to all staff and members the company‚Äôs Equal Opportunities policy, informing them of their responsibilities in promoting and maintaining equality.
• Ensure all employees and members are made aware that they have a personal responsibility to create and maintain an environment in which the individual is respected and each employee or member is accountable for their own behaviour.
• Work to ensure that equality of opportunity is considered in all activities, for example in employing staff, in recruiting and supporting members, in teaching and learning, in developing the curriculum.
• Ensure all teaching and marketing materials reflect the company‚Äôs commitment to the equality of opportunity.
• Respect the wide diversity of the member body and endeavor to ensure that systems and practices do not conflict with any cultural and religious beliefs.
• Not tolerate any acts of discrimination or harassment by staff or members, whether they are carried out intentionally or not.

Stage2 offers open access to everything, irrespective of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, class, nationality, creed, colour, ethnic origin, political belief or disability including special needs. A minimum age limit of 7 and maximum age limit of 21 is set to ensure diversity without compromising the education and wellbeing of our members.

Demonstrable and justifiable criteria are applied to audition and interview procedures to ensure that people are judged against a standard and assessed according to merit above ability. No candidate shall be assessed on the grounds of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, class, nationality, creed, colour, ethnic origin, political belief or disability including special needs. Stage2 Youth Theatre Company takes reasonable steps to ensure that all text and scripts used as part of the teaching practice and public performance are ethnically diverse, offering material across a range of cultures, societies and classes.