17th January 2024
Barbican has announced PHILIPPA SIMPSON as Director for Buildings and Renewal and BEAU VIGUSHIN as Director for Audiences.
Both will take up their new roles in the spring of this year.
Simpson joins from the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), where she currently sits on the Executive Board as Director of Design, Estate and Public Programme.
She has delivered projects including the...
15th January 2024
New Earth Theatre has named AILIN CONANT Artistic Director (AD), replacing outgoing AD KUMIKO MENDL.
The theatre company presents and develops with British East and South East Asian (BESEA) artists.
A Japanese-American freelance director, Conant is currently Associate Director on My Neighbour Totoro with the RSC and Improbable and is the founding AD of Theatre Témoin. She is a...
PRS for Music has appointed STEVIE SPRING CBE Chair.
Spring succeeds STEPHAN DAVIDSON, who has held the role since 2014.
She previously chaired BBC's Children in Need and was Executive Chair of the British Council until early 2023.
Currently, she chairs the mental health charity Mind.
Originally a lawyer, Spring went on to spend 35 years in the creative industries,...
11th January 2024
Como No has announced that Founding Director ANDY WOOD is stepping down after 34 years.
A promoter of music from Latin America, Como No has presented shows in venues including Jazz Café, Village Underground, Barbican, Royal Albert Hall and The O2 Arena.
The organisation joined Arts Council England's National Portfolio in April 2023 and is transitioning to a not-for-profit.
Since 2001, Wood has also been...
PAUL EVANS is joining Directors UK from Bectu as Head of Industry Relations, while NIALL STEWART has been named Public Affairs and Policy Manager.
Evans will play a key role in leading the trade body’s work on pay and working conditions.
He has spent ten years working as a trade union official in the film and TV industry, helping to negotiate industry working agreements and advising on freelance...
EMILY GOTTLIEB will depart from National Opera Studio (NOS) in March to become Executive Director at Longborough Festival Opera (LFO).
Gottlieb has led NOS for nine years, following 15 years with Royal Opera House.
At LFO, she will succeed JENNIFER SMITH, who stood down in...
With Bradford City of Culture 2025 just one year away, its Chair Kersten England reflects on the people who have helped pave the way in her career.
10th January 2024
English National Ballet has named Sir RUPERT GAVIN Chair, replacing Sir ROGER CARR, who steps down following a five-year tenure.
An arts and business leader, Gavin is the former Managing Director of British Telecom, CEO of BBC Worldwide and CEO of Odeon Cinemas Group.
Gavin was Chair of Historic Royal Palaces for several successive terms and Chair of the Honours Committee for Arts and Media for...
NITIN SAWHNEY will become the first Patron of PRS Foundation, a funder of new music and talent development.
Sawhney will move into the role after four years as PRS Foundation’s Chair.
He has been a composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ for over two decades.
Sawhney said it has been an "honour" to serve as Chair and is now "delighted" to become Patron.
Chief Executive JOE...
9th January 2024
Prime Minister RISHI SUNAK has reappointed ALLEGRA BERMAN, AMANDA SPIELMAN and AMANDA LEVETE as trustees to the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) for a term of four years.
Berman is General Manager and Global Head of Institutional Sales in the Markets and Securities Services division of HSBC Bank plc. She is also a trustee of the Wolfson Foundation and Chair of its...