8th March 2019
Liverpool-based theatre, Everyman & Playhouse, has become a majority female-led organisation after announcing four new board members. HELEN BLAKEMAN, BAFTA and international Emmy Award winning writer; KAREN CODY, formerly at Ambassador Theatre Group; and AMY CAUSLEY, Head of HR Policy and Employee Engagement at University of Liverpool, have already taken up their positions. They will be joined...
SEBASTIAN CHESWRIGHT CATER has joined arts software company Tessitura Network as Enterprise Consultant for the UK and Europe. The former Director of Marketing and Sales at Sadler’s Wells has over 18 years of experience in the commercial and not-for-profit cultural sector, and he is also a...
The National Arenas Association has appointed LUCY NOBLE, Artistic and Commercial Director of the Royal Albert Hall, as its new Chair. She succeeds Martin Ingham, CEO at Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, after three years in the role.
PHILIP BELLSHAW, partner at CMHT Solicitors and specialist in mental health law, replaces SARAH PLATT as Chair of Birmingham Bach Choir.
Director and theatre-maker BETH SHOULER is joining Curve as New Work Associate. She previously showcased new work as one of the theatre’s Breakthrough artists and will lead on the delivery of Curve’s New Work projects, as well as leading artist development and championing local talent and diversity.
Four new Governors have joined the Board at Museum of London: DOUGLAS GILMORE, Executive Director at National Gallery Company Ltd and trustee of The Geffrye Museum of the Home; LINDSAY HERBERT, digital transformation expert, Inventor and Senior Technology Leader at IBM; MILYAE PARK, Consultant and former Director of both Tesco, and Marks and Spencer; and GAIL TOLLEY, Strategic...
1st March 2019
DANIEL BAILEY is leaving Birmingham Repertory Theatre to replace OMAR ELERIAN as Associate Director at the Bush Theatre. He originally joined The REP as part of the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme.
Operations Director for the Nimax group of West End theatres, JAMES HEATON is leaving to join Woolwich Creative District Trust as CEO in August. Prior to his role at Nimax, he spent seven years at Camden’s Roundhouse where his achievements included delivering the iTunes Festival and starting London’s trend for man-made urban beaches with his Camden Beach concept.
After 21 years with the Royal Exchange Theatre, the last five of which as sole Artistic Director, SARAH FRANKCOM is leaving to take up the post of Director at drama school LAMDA in November. Alongside her work on stage, she established the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting and championed the development of community projects such as Young Company and Elders, Open Exchange, and the Theatre’s newest programme, Local Exchange
BECKY WEST is the new Regional Producer – North for Orchestras Live. She has previously worked for the Association of British Orchestras, Trinity College of Music’s Junior department, and as General Manager for November Club, a Northumberland based site-specific theatre company. TOM FOSTER has also joined the team as Administration and Communications Assistant.