14th July 2021
Transforming Narratives has announced FAHIM QURESHI and SADIA RAHMAN as Creative Producers for its international cultural leadership programme.
Birmingham-based Qureshi has led projects in arts and creative organisations for over 20 years, including Dalston and Hackney SRB City Challenge.
Rahman is an independent researcher, editor and curator based in Dhaka. She has held roles as Deputy Director of...
8th July 2021
JAMES MACKENZIE-BLACKMAN has been announced as incoming Chief Executive of Theatre Royal Plymouth.
He succeeds ADRIAN VINKEN, who has led the theatre for more than 30 years.
Mackenzie-Blackman is currently Chief Executive of Eden Court Highlands and has previously worked as Executive Director of dance company New Adventures and Executive Director of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.
...BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art has announced KATE GRAY as its new Director of Enterprise and Public Value.
Gray has been Director of Collective, Edinburgh since 2009 and led the project that repurposed Calton Hill’s City Observatory.
Prior to becoming Collective Director, Gray commissioned collaborations within the One Mile Programme and delivered collaborative projects in general and psychiatric hospital...
7th July 2021
DIANE REID has been announced as Chair of Lakeland Arts, the first female chair in the organisation's 64 year history.
Reid has worked for the BBC for more than three decades, including as Head of Outreach & Corporate Responsibility and was Group Manager for the BBC's move to Salford in 2011.
Reid is also a trustee of the Association of Chairs and HCPT.
The Royal Ballet has announced its new appointments for the 2021/22 season.
JONATHAN LO will join the Ballet as Staff Conductor. Lo is currently Music Director of Northern Ballet and a guest conductor for Birmingham Royal Ballet, Rambert Dance, Dutch National Ballet and Scottish Ballet.
JOSEPH TOONGA has been named Emerging Choreographer. Winner of the Best Choreography Award at Reverb Dance Festival...
Parents and Carers in Performing Arts (PiPA) has appointed five new board members.
CONSTANCE OAK is a freelance stage manager and facilitator who has worked with The Royal Court, National Theatre and Young Vic.
JAMES PRESTON is Executive Director of Rosie Kay Dance Company and will join the board as Treasurer.
SHAZIA MUSTAFA is a board member for the Mayor of London's...
Actress NAOMIE HARRIS has been announced as Patron of Total Insight Theatre.
Harris has starred in films such as Skyfall, Pirates of the Caribbean and Moonlight, which earned her Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. She was awarded an OBE in 2017.
Harris said she was “delighted” to become Patron, adding "so many children and young people would not get the opportunity to...
SEAN McNAMARA has been named the next Principal and CEO of The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA).
McNamara is currently Head of Guildford School of Acting, having joined the school in 2010. He is also Chair of the Federation of Drama Schools and a founding member of the Alliance of Musical Theatre Conservatoires.
McNamara will start at LIPA in September, taking over from Founding Principal MARK...
NANCY BARRETT has been appointed as Chief Executive and Creative Director of Brigantia Creative, a membership organisation of West Yorkshire's Creative Scene project.
RALPH DARTFORD has joined the Creative Scene team as Producer.
Brigantia has also appointed a board of directors, which includes WARREN BRAMLEY, SAM BROADHEAD, ALISON BELLAMY, ...
2nd July 2021
The National Theatre has announced Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive LISA BURGER will step down in summer 2022.
Burger's career at the National Theatre has spanned 20 years. She took the role of Executive Director in 2015 and became Joint Chief Executive in 2019.
Burger commented: “I have had the most extraordinary 20 years working at the National Theatre and I feel incredibly lucky to have held, in my...