1st March 2019
Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor and Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, WAYNE MCGREGOR, has been appointed as the new Vice President of Elmhurst Ballet School. The appointment marks the new partnership between Studio Wayne McGregor and Elmhurst Ballet School.
The new music endowment fund for Wales, Anthem, has announced seven new members. BEATE DEGAN, DAN O’GORMAN, ERIC MARTIN, MARK HILL, MICHAEL PUGH, SUE GRIFFIN, and TOKS DADA have joined the board, which is chaired by ARNOUT VAN DER VEER.
Five members have been appointed to the board of trustees at Colston Hall: PAT CONNOR, Director of BBC South West and the BBC’s Head of Development & Events; TONY CHERRY, partner at DAC Beachcroft LLP; CRAIG GENTLE, Chief Financial Officer at St. James’s Place Wealth Management; SANDRA MEADOWS, member of the Chartered Management Institute and Chief Executive Officer of Voscur...
The British Arts Festivals Association has appointed SONIA STEVENSON, Director and Founder of St Andrews Voices Festival, as its youngest ever Chair. FIONA GOH, freelance arts consultant, producer, researcher and former Director of Holmfirth Arts Festival, joins as Director.
28th February 2019
Hannah Ishmael, an archivist at the Black Cultural Archives, reflects on the colleagues, thinkers and activists who have guided her career.
22nd February 2019
Formerly Director of Museums and Cultural Programmes at University College London, TONYA NELSON joins Arts Council England as Director of Arts Technology and Innovation, where she will support the cultural sector to adopt new technologies. She is also a trustee of the National Gallery and Chair of the UK International Council of Museums, as well as a former Clore Leadership Fellow and British Council Cultural Leadership...
Artistic Director DAMIAN CRUDEN is stepping down from his position at York Theatre Royal after 22 years with the company. He will take over as Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Rose Theatre project in York and Blenheim.
JAMES DUCKER is leaving his role as Marketing & Communications Manager at Contact, Manchester, to join the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, as Head of Communications & Partnerships. This new position will support the CEO by managing the marketing, fundraising, and box office teams, as well as managing stakeholder partnerships for the organisation.
Co-Founder of The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter, DAVID LOCKWOOD is replacing Founder and Director TRACY SULLIVAN at Town Hall Arts, Trowbridge, in April. His experience includes a Clore Leadership Fellowship, and he is currently producing Emma Rice’s theatre company Wise Children.
REBECCA GRAY, former Head of Fiction Publicity at Orion Publishing, has begun her new role as Head of Press and Communications at Glyndebourne.