26th August 2020
Founding Artistic Director SIOBHAN DAVIES will be passing on leadership of Siobhan Davies Studios to ANNIE PUI LING LOK and KAT BRIDGE, who will job share the role of Artistic Director from April 2021. The new directorship will mark a shift away from producing, with resources redirected in support of a greater number of artists.
As AMANDA RIGLER goes on maternity leave, Arts Council England (ACE) has appointed Manchester-based writer, performance artist and producer KEISHA THOMPSON (pictured right), and arts consultant and producer MARIA TURLEY (pictured left) to jointly cover the role of Senior Manager for Children and Young People.
18th August 2020
NATALIE IBU will be the new Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive at Northern Stage, where she will take up the role in November. Currently Artistic Director and Chief Executive of tiata fahodzi, she succeeds LORNE CAMPBELL, who joined National Theatre of Wales in March. Ibu's earlier career includes time spent as Creative Producer at In Good Company, Derby Theatre; Programme Manager at the Roundhouse;...
BEATRICE PEMBROKE has become Executive Director Culture at King's College London. Until recently she was Director of the Global Cultural Districts Network, and prior to that Director of Creative Economy at the British Council. She was also special advisor to businesswoman and peer Martha Lane Fox, and began her career in publishing at Simon and Schuster, then Index on Censorship, before moving on to the BBC.
BBC England’s Head of North, ROZINA BREEN, will be the new Chair at Leeds Playhouse. Previously Head of News for BBC 5 live, she spent over a decade as a journalist with BBC Current Affairs Radio, prior to which she was a Digital Editor for the BBC World Service. She succeeds Sir Rodney Brooke, who steps down after ten years as Chair. Breen will work with Vice Chair NEIL ADLEMAN, a Partner at law firm Harbottle...
The independent visual arts gallery and studio complex KARST has appointed curator BEN BORTHWICK as Head of Creative Programme. He was previously Artistic Director of Plymouth Arts Centre, CEO of the Cardiff-based international art Prize Artes Mundi and Assistant Curator at Tate Modern. He is currently Associate Curator at The Edge Arts Centre, University of Bath, a trustee of Chapter, and was previously Deputy Chair of Visual...
11th August 2020
RACHEL TACKLEY has been appointed to the lead creative role in the leadership team that will be taking Riverside Studios forward following its five-year, £50m refurbishment. She joins following the departure of WILLIAM BURDETT-COUTTS, who has left after 27 years with the organisation. Tackley’s career has seen her working in both the commercial and not-for profit sectors, most recently as a freelance, and also as...
Three new members of staff have joined Arts Council of Wales’ Arts Funding Services Department. After 6 years leading Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales’s Development Team – RICHARD NICHOLLS will start in September as Director of Operations. IONA LAMY-YANG, currently studying for a master’s degree in developmental cognitive neuroscience, will be joining as Research Officer and Co-ordinator, and SARA...
After 25 years running and shaping Deveron Projects, founding Director CLAUDIA ZEISKE has decided to step down from the North East Scotland organisation in December.
Actors Touring Company has announced a new chair and vice-chair of their board of trustees. GERALDINE BRODIE, Associate Professor in Translation Theory and Theatre Translation at University College London, has been appointed Chair and ALAN EVANS, General Counsel and Director General for Legal Services at HM Revenue and Customs, will become vice chair.