Equity (UK performers' union)
Equity is an independent UK trade union representing around 50,000 performers and creative practitioners in the performing arts and entertainment industries. It campaigns for better pay, terms, and conditions, and provides members with advice, support, and representation.www.equity.org.uk
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Sep 30, 2026
JoeHOST
But his name is, he was born Patrick O'Neill.
JoeHOST
And Equity, he had to change his name.
JoeHOST
And so he changed to Chris O'Neill.
JoeHOST
And I was thinking... oh, it was an anti-Irish thing, like in the 60s, that you couldn't have O.
Mathilde PavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
High notes.
Melissa ThomHOST
Dr Mathilde Pavie, the IP lawyer who helped build Equity's AI toolkit on what every voice and every business needs to know.
Mathilde PavisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It is really difficult for anyone, whether you're a professional voice actor or not, to own your voice today in the UK or control it in a way that gives you meaningful protection.
Melissa ThomHOST
plus Shannon Saling, equities industrial official for audio and video games, actor and voiceover artist David Menken on AI risk across sectors, Dan Jones, who spent 22 years at Hachette, seven of them as head of audio services, Bonnie Nordling, managing director of Nordling's talent agency, and BAFTA-winning US actress Sissy Jones, co-founder of the only voice AI company run by voice actors.