Culture Action Europe elects new President

03 Dec 2015

Culture Action Europe, the umbrella organisation representing the cultural sector at the European level, has elected ROBERT MANCHIN as its new President.

Job Ladder – Paula Rabbitt

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03 Dec 2015

From a receptionist in Glasgow to Communications Manager at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, Paula Rabbitt tells us about her career.

If I were 22 – Kully Thiarai

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27 Nov 2015

Kully Thiarai reveals why remembering to be scared and learning to bake have driven her through her career and to her latest role, Director of Cast in Doncaster.

Who would want to be an arts fundraiser?

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26 Nov 2015

They raise the money organisations need to make great art, but who are they really? And what drives them to do what they do? Amanda Rigali meets three Arts Fundraising Fellows to find out.

Fiona Gasper to leave the Royal Exchange Theatre

26 Nov 2015

FIONA GASPER is to leave the Royal Exchange Theatre after five and a half years to join Manchester International Festival as Executive Director.

New role for Eleanor Lang

Eleanor Lang
26 Nov 2015

Currently Executive Director of Free Word, ELEANOR LANG will take up the role of Executive Director at Cheek by Jowl from January 2016.

Margaret Hodge MP to chair Theatre Royal Stratford East

26 Nov 2015

MARGARET HODGE MP, who has formerly been Culture Minister and Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, has been appointed Chair of Theatre Royal Stratford East.

New staff appointed at specialist Arts College

Frances Moffatt, Nik Holmes and Tony Charles
26 Nov 2015

TONY CHARLES, the Director of Platform A Gallery in Middlesbrough, will join Cleveland College of Art and Design in Hartlepool as a fine art lecturer.

New-look board at FACT

26 Nov 2015

The Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT) has appointed ten new members to its board, including PAT CONNOR, Head of Development & Events at BBC North, and Professor JANET BEER, Vice-Chancellor of t

Rebecca Atkinson-Lord and Rachel Briscoe to leave Ovalhouse

Rachel and Rebecca
19 Nov 2015

REBECCA ATKINSON-LORD and RACHEL BRISCOE are to leave their roles as Co-Directors of Theatre at Ovalhouse to focus on their respective theatre companies, Arch 468 and fanSHEN.

Glyndebourne appoints new General Director

Sebastian Shwarz
19 Nov 2015

SEBASTIAN F SCHWARZ, currently Deputy Artistic Director of Theater an der Wien in Vienna, is to join Glyndebourne as its new General Director from May 2016.

Changes to leadership at the Three Choirs Festival

Alexis Paterson
19 Nov 2015

DOMINIC JEWEL is to leave his role as Chief Executive of the Three Choirs Festival in December, to be replaced by ALEXIS PATERSON, currently Manager of Cheltenham Festivals.

New role for Phoebe Gardiner

Phoebe Gardiner
19 Nov 2015

Formerly Senior Press & PR Officer, Globe Education at Shakespeare's Globe, PHOEBE GARDINER has taken up a new role as Officer, Advocacy and Communications at Arts Council England for the London area.

Adrian Sanders to chair Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers

Adrian Sanders
19 Nov 2015

Previously Torbay’s Liberal Democrat MP, and member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, ADRIAN SANDERS has been appointed as Chairman of the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers.

Rural Media appoints new Creative Director

19 Nov 2015

GRANT BLACK has joined The Rural Media Company as Creative Director, having spent almost ten years as a producer and scriptwriter for various shows across the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

Laura Jeffery to leave Situations

Laura Jeffery
19 Nov 2015

LAURA JEFFERY, Communications Manager at Situations, has left to start her own marketing consultancy business, The Butterfly Effect.

Job Ladder – Jane Beese

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16 Nov 2015

Jane Beese has the enviable job of Head of Music at the Roundhouse. She tells us how she got it. 

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Chief Executive to step down

12 Nov 2015

KATH MAINLAND is to step down as Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society after seven years in the role. She will join the Melbourne Festival as its new Executive Director in February.

Leadership changes at Creative Scotland

12 Nov 2015

Having been with Creative Scotland since its inception, both DAVID TAYLOR, Head of Strategic Projects, and IAN SMITH, Head of Music, are to retire in 2016.

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