The Danish group of No More Miss Nice Guy met last week to discuss issues, forms and interests in the project. We quickly agreed that the idea of situating ourselves in an institutional theatre or theatre school would be rather dull and not amount to much more than a well meaning bunch of artists, who take care of the "equality thing" - neatly stuffed away in some corner office.

We clearly want to do something and not discuss or explain. To create actions/ interventions.

Possibly the best way to reach the powers in theatre is by addressing the thing they need most: The audience.

So the question was: Who do we want to address with No More Miss Nice Guy?

Who needs to know that the structures still accommodate male directors, actors and managers easier than female? Who needs to know that actresses are paid less than actors? Who needs to know that only 2% of culture workers have another ethnic background than Danish? Who indeed.

Conveying this to the managers and people in power is pointless. They know the facts but have no incentive to change anything. And why not? Because the advantages are invisible and the fear of change - ie giving power to more women or minorities - is huge. One group member said: The women in my life are the people who can make me most afraid. My mother, my partner and my daughter. If I was a man in power, I'd be scared of also surrendering my professional power to women.

Interesting point!

So should we make a campagne in order to convince the people in power that there is nothing to be afraid of?