Actors’ Fund of Canada – Benefit Performance
Date posted: October 5, 2011
Thursday October 13 at 1 pm
Normally a special student matinee, we are opening up this special performance of And Slowly Beauty… as a benefit performance for the Actors’ Fund of Canada.
Regular price seating is $28 (plus tax); we’re offering a 50% discount so tickets for the show are just $14 (plus tax). As this is a benefit, we encourage you to donate more – all proceeds will go to the Actors’ Fund of Canada.
Tickets are available online or by calling 250-385-6815.
ABOUT THE ACTORS’ FUND OF CANADA
The Actors’ Fund is the lifeline for Canada’s entertainment industry. Over 10,000 professional members of the industry from all over Canada and in the fields of film & TV, theatre, music and dance have been helped by the Fund, which provides emergency financial aid to assist cultural workers in recovering from an illness, injury or other circumstances causing severe economic and personal hardship.
A career in the entertainment industry seems like a dream come true for many people. The all too frequent reality is that entertainment professionals face a precarious livelihood after years spent perfecting and practicing their crafts. The Fund believes that the risks that Canadian artists take as they create some of the finest live and recorded productions in the world should be recognized, valued and supported by all Canadians.
The Actors’ Fund is a registered charity that has paid out over $3.5 million in rent payments, grocery money, utility payments and other basic living expenses in the last 10 years. Performers, creators, technical staff and other production team members can benefit from the Fund, which receives no government funding and is wholly sustained by support from individuals and entertainment industry organizations.
Support is available for anyone who works in the entertainment industry; it is not and never has been a fund solely for actors.
DID YOU KNOW
• Most artists in Canada have some level of post-secondary education.
• The average earnings for artists in Canada is approximately 26% below the national average.
• On average, artists who are older than 45 begin to see their annual earnings decrease – the opposite from the norm in the general workforce in Canada.
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