2nd September 2021
PATRICK DILLON has been named Interim Chair of the Theatres Trust.
Noted as a theatre architect, author and broadcaster, Dillon has published nine books, including one on the National Theatre.
Dillon has been a trustee of the Theatres Trust for five years. He also chairs the International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference and sits on the casework committee of the Twentieth Century Society.
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The UK Dance Network has chosen FEARGHUS Ó CONCHÚIR as its new Independent Chair.
He succeeds GREGORY NASH, who completes his term today (3 September).
A choreographer and dance artist, Ó Conchúir is currently co-leading a dance programme with Micro Rainbow International as part of The Casement Project to support LGBT refugees and asylum seekers.
He was previously Artistic Director of National...
Scotland's Capital Theatres has three new faces.
CHARLOTTE DI CORPO joins Capital Theatres as Director of Development.
She has more than 20 years' of fundraising experience in the cultural and third sectors, most recently as Head of Development at Glasgow Life.
CRAWFORD HUNT is the theatre's new...
1st September 2021
Orchestras Live has appointed SOOREE PILLAY as Regional Producer for the Midlands.
The newly formed role will build on the organisation’s current portfolio of partners and projects in the Midlands, working to ensure more people engage with orchestras and orchestral experiences.
Pillay trained in theatre, performance and community drama in the UK and France.
Her work with New Art Exchange and Sampad Arts has...
The Art House Wakefield has announced DAMON JACKSON-WALDOCK as its new Programme Director.
Deputy Curator at Yorkshire Sculpture Park for 11 years, Jackson-Waldock also worked as Creative Producer on the Oak Project during the last year.
He has previously produced large-scale public realm commissions as Guest Curator for The Piece Hall in Halifax and has been a Career Mentor at Sheffield Hallam University since 2017...
26th August 2021
London's Young Vic has announced DESPINA TSATSAS will step down as Executive Director at the end of 2021.
The theatre says Tsatsas, who joined in March 2018, has been "instrumental in shaping the theatre’s strategic, financial and producing processes".
Tsatsas has overseen a roster of work that includes Death of a Salesman, The Convert, Fairview, Bronx Gothic and Draw Me Close.
A replacement will be sought in...
The creative team set for opening and closing ceremonies of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has been unveiled.
The team includes Birmingham-born theatre director IQBAL KHAN as Artistic Director.
Novelist MAEVA CLARKE has been appointed Writer, and rapper JOUSHA 'RTKal' HOLNESS will be Music Director.
BAFTA nominated MISTY BUCKLEY joins the team as set...
COLETTE BAILEY has been announced as the new Executive Director of The WOW Foundation.
Currently the foudation's artistic director, she will take up her new role in November.
As Executive Director, Bailey will work alongisde WOW founder JUDE KELLY and its board, led by SANDIE OKORO.
"As a newly formed, independent charity, the foundation is the beginning of the next chapter...
SAM JAVID has joined Luton's Culture Trust as Creative Director.
Javid will develop the cultural programmes and venues led previously by KAREN PERKINS, who left the trust earlier in the year to become Chief Executive of the Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation.
Javid is former Executive Artistic Producer at ArtReach and previously a Leicester Comedy Festival producer.
He was also part...
20th August 2021
SARAH FRANKCOM has stepped down as Director of London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), as an internal investigation into her management style begins.
A letter addressed to the school's board said that since Frankcom’s appointment in November 2019, the school had been “characterised by a large number of resignations”.
The drama school says it will carry out a “full and fair” inquiry into allegations made by...