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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Rachel Hall

UK’s performing arts industry ‘inhospitable to parents’, research warns

Gemma Arterton.
The actor Gemma Arterton says motherhood has expanded her abilities as an artist, and creative projects would be richer for accommodating parents. Photograph: Antoine Flament/WireImage

The performing arts industry in the UK is “inhospitable to parents” and falling far behind other industries in supporting women who have children, according to research.

The report, titled “the Motherhood penalty”, criticises the industry for failing to consider how it might adapt to better accommodate parents, with the result that many, in particular women, drop out.

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