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...
19th August 2021
Birmingham Hippodrome Chief Executive and Artistic Director FIONA ALLAN will step down in November to become Chief Executive of Opera Australia.
Allan, who has spent six years at the Hippodrome, was the company's first female CEO and will become Opera Australia's first female CEO.
She currently chairs the West Midlands Regional Tourism Board and is president of UK Theatre, a position she has held for for five years...
Cardboard Citizens has announced CHRIS SONNEX as incoming Artistic Director and joint CEO.
He will join the charity in mid-September, succeeding founding Artistic Director and joint CEO ADRIAN JACKSON, who is staying on as an Associate Artist.
Sonnex started his career in theatre at the Royal Court and was appointed Community Producer and Artistic Associate of the theatre's Beyond the Court...
17th August 2021
HELEN KEALL has been appointed as the new Executive Director for Pavilion Dance South West.
She will support the Artistic Director and CEO ZANNAH CHISHOLM with developing the business and strategy of the Bournemouth-based charity.
Keall is the former Director of Operations for The Place and has previously held the role of Festival General Manager for Salisbury International Arts Festival and ...
TONY MILLS has been announced as the new Artistic Director of Dance Base, Scotland's National Centre for Dance.
He takes over from MORAG DEYES on September 20.
Mills has been working as a professional dance artist in Scotland for nearly 20 years and is currently Artistic Director of Room 2 Manoeuvre at The Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh.
He has also worked as a movement director and...
16th August 2021
Dance company Protein has appointed LOUISE ALLEN as its new Executive Director.
She will take over from FRANCK BORDESE, who steps down after four and a half years on September 8.
Allen has been Head of Operations at New Adventures since 2015 and previously worked with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
She is also a Governor and Vice Chair of Princess May Primary...
PHIL BARTLETT has been appointed as The Hope Theatre's new Artistic Director, taking over from KENNEDY BLOOMER at the end of the month.
Bartlett trained as a director at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and was previously Resident Assistant Director at Theatre Royal Plymouth.
A former finalist for the JMK Award, Bartlett was previously Resident Director on a nationwide tour of the Royal...
Mezzo-soprano KAREN CARGILL will become the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's (RCS) Head of Vocal Performance on an interim basis from September.
A regular performer at the Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Royal Opera House, Cargill will be performing at this year's Glyndebourne Festival before starting her new role.
Cargill is an alumna of the RCS and a Patron of the National Girls’ Choir of Scotland. ...
Scottish tenor NICKY SPENCE has joined charity Help Musicians as an Ambassador.
Help Musicians previously supported Spence through his study at Guildhall School of Music & Drama and The National Opera Studio. He has since gone on to raise over £25,000 for the charity through a Glasgow to London bike ride.
"It’s fair to say that I would simply not be enjoying a career if it weren’t for the support of Help...
Lord BOB KERSLAKE has been named Sheffield Culture Collective's new chair. He will succeed Dame JULIE KENNY in September.
One of Kerslake's main tasks will be to move ahead with the collective's strategy for unlocking Sheffield's economic and social potential, launched in July.
The strategy highlighted four arts projects as pivotal to local cultural development: S1 Artspace at Park Hill, The Graves...