5th August 2021
HANNAH PRICE and MARK RAVENHILL have been announced as joint Artistic Directors of the King's Head Theatre in Islington.
The pair will join Executive Director FIONA ENGLISH as joint CEOs.
Price was Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Theatre Uncut and previously worked as Resident Assistant Director at the Donmar Warehouse.
Ravenhill was ...
2nd August 2021
Glasgow's Platform arts centre has named MATT ADDICOTT as its new Arts Manager.
Addicott has worked with Platform as an artist and administrator since 2009 and has directed more than a dozen live performances at the venue.
He replaces outgoing Arts Manager JENNY CROWE, who has been appointed Senior Arts Manager at Tramway.
KATIE DOCHERTY has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising.
She replaces DHIVVYA O'CONNOR, who has been interim Chief Executive since PETER LEWIS left his position of 10 years in March.
Based in Fife, Docherty previously spent five years as Chief Executive of Scouts Scotland.
Docherty is also a board member of the Association of Chief...
ADELE POPPLETON has been announced as Kirklees Council's Service Director for Cultural and Visitor Economy.
The role is a new post within the council, covering culture, tourism and venues, catering and bereavement services.
KATH WYNNE-HAGUE will replace Poppleton as Kirklees Council's Head of Culture and Tourism, overseeing museums, galleries and cultural development in the area.
30th July 2021
Contemporary Arab culture festival Shubbak has appointed ALIA ALZOUGBI and TAGHRID CHOUCAIR-VIZOSO as joint CEOs.
The pair will replace ECKHARD THIEMANN, who has been CEO and Artistic Director of Shubbak since 2012.
Alzougbi is currently Head of Global Learning London, a Clore Fellow and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She was awarded the Writer’s Guild Olwen Wymark Award in...
29th July 2021
KATIE RAZZALL has been appointed Culture Editor for BBC News.
Razzall spent 15 years at Channel 4 News before joining BBC Newsnight as Special Correspondent in 2014.
She was promoted to UK Editor in 2019, where she received a BAFTA nomination for investigative reporting into Covid's impact on care homes.
Culture Editor is a new position at BBC News and will replace the Arts Editor post previously held by...
27th July 2021
REBECCA KANE BURTON has stepped down as Chief Executive of LW Theatres.
Previously Managing Director at Alexandra Palace and Vice President at The O2, Kane Burton spent five years with LW Theatres, chairing the company's seven West End theatres.
LW Theatres said Kane Burton had overseen an "overhaul" of the company's business model during her tenure and led the Theatre Royal Drury Lane restoration project.
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CATHARINE BRAITHWAITE, HELEN WEWIORA and SARAH FISHER have been appointed as new Directors for Contemporary Visual Art Network North West, replacing PAUL SMITH and KATE JESSON.
Braithwaite is an associate lecturer at The School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester. She previously worked with Manchester International Festival as interim Director of...
23rd July 2021
ANGHARAD JONES has been appointed as Artistic Director of East Midlands theatre company New Perspectives.
Jones has been Artistic Director of Derby's Fifth Word for 15 years, a theatre company she co-founded.
She replaces JACK McNAMARA, who steps down after nine years.
22nd July 2021
DanceEast has announced changes to its board, welcoming SHREELA GHOSH as its new chair.
Ghosh has worked at senior executive level for Arts Council England, British Council and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and was a member of the International Dublin Literary Award jury in 2020.
She will replace ANTHONY HILTON, who was DanceEast chair for seven years and board member for eleven years.
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