It may be a grey January morning but a palpable frisson hangs in the air at the Royal Court. #MeToo sent seismic shocks through the industry, one where sexual harassment had long been the accepted behaviour of eccentric and untouchable “geniuses”. Abolins draws hope from Featherstone’s newly drawn up code of behaviour, where “directors are no longer untouchable gods who can do or say what they like”. Don’t feel shame” have ever been put down in writing for directors, producers and actors. Abolins, and Steffi Holtz, Stafford-Clark’s former assistant, intend to push for a similar code becoming the norm across the industry.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2018 09:01 UTC