Amanda Huxtable

What to wear?

01-Nov-2016 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

I’m a Black female Director on my first day at Hull Truck Theatre as Artistic Associate (Change Maker). Hello. So, I wasn't sure what to wear...

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Champion

05-Jan-2017 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

Amanda considers the challenge of championing a marginalised people or place.

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I am who I am

10-Feb-2017 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

Where we are as individuals is a product of our upbringing, environment and the people with whom we surround ourselves.

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WOWFestival and No Boundaries

10-Apr-2017 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

Amanda reflects on a busy month as a panelist at WOWHull and co-host of No Boundaries 2017 at Hull Truck Theatre.

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Leadership

08-Jun-2017 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

What can we learn about leadership from a national to a personal level?

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Choosing a story

29-Jul-2017 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

Amanda describes her search for the right show to stage at Hull Truck Theatre in 2018 and the impact of storytelling on our past, present and future.

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Take your space, tell your story

30-Aug-2017 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

Amanda reflects on her time in North Carolina attending the National Black Theatre Festival.

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Diversity done

29-Nov-2017 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

At the half-way point in the Change Makers scheme, Amanda knows what she wants from the year ahead, and it includes changes in language and leadership.

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Who is in, and who is out?

20-Dec-2017 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

Amanda considers the damage that theatre ‘gangs’ can do, and the importance of looking out for who is being excluded.

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Under-representation and attitudes to change

05-Feb-2018 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

Amanda examines the nature of being underrepresented and outlines the 'groups of upset' that she has experienced towards change.

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Gaining momentum

09-Apr-2018 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

As Amanda prepares to enter the next stage of the Change Makers programme, she reflects on her journey so far, in the context of current and historical campaigns for change for Black Artists.

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#VaVaVoom, changing mindsets, and privacy

12-May-2018 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

Amanda celebrates the recent #VaVaVoom Twitter response to a theatre agent's complaint about BAME actors, but more needs to be done to change mindsets.

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Change making is a full-time job

27-Jul-2018 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

'History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.' - Dr Maya Angelou

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Inclusion and integrity are at the heart of change

19-Dec-2018 | Amanda Huxtable - Amanda Huxtable, Change Maker

Sometimes this Blog leads me, sometimes I lead the blog. As you may or may not know by now whichever way it goes, it’s the truth.

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