1st August 2023
CLAYTON LEE will become Director (Artistic) of Birmingham-based festival Fierce in October.
He takes over the role from AARON WRIGHT, who left in spring to join the Southbank Centre, ahead of Fierce’s next festival in October 2024.
His appointment coincides with a new leadership structure, which will see Lee work alongside Director (Operations) CATHERINE GROOM and Director (Producing...
31st July 2023
British Museum Director HARTWIG FISCHER will step down in 2024 following eight years at the helm.
A German art historian, Fischer was appointed in 2016 with the task to develop a Masterplan for the museum’s renovation, a project which will take several decades to complete. Details of the Masterplan are due to be published in autumn, followed by an international architectural competition.
Fischer spearheaded the...
DECLAN KEENEY is the new Northern Ireland Governor on the British Film Institute's (BFI) Board of Governors.
The Board, chaired by TIM RICHARDS, welcomed Keeney at the end of June for an initial four-year tenure.
Keeney has extensive experience across Northern Ireland's screen sector with over 25 years in film and television and 13 years at the BBC.
He is Professor (Chair) of Screen...
27th July 2023
KAREN O’NEILL is to join Manchester's HOME as Executive Director and Deputy CEO in November this year.
An arts leader with a background in the theatre sector, O'Neill has led several arts and cultural organisations in both the commercial and subsidised sectors.
Since 2019 she has been CEO of the Dukes, a producing theatre and independent cinema in Lancashire. During her tenure there, she remodelled the organisation...
EDWARD HALL has been appointed Artistic Director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater. He will take up the post in mid-October.
An international theatre, film and television director, Hall is the son of British theatre director and founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Sir PETER HALL.
For nearly a decade from 2010, Edward Hall was Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive of London’s...
26th July 2023
OLU ALAKE is the new Chief Executive of The Africa Centre, a charity dedicated to promoting African culture and heritage.
Alake has a background in freelance consultancy and brings expertise from the non profit sector as the former CEO of The Peel Institute. He has worked with clients including Arts Council England (ACE), British Council and the International Federation of Arts Councils & Cultural Agencies to develop...
25th July 2023
Perth Theatre and Concert Hall has named CHRISTOPHER GLASGOW Chief Executive following the departure of NICK WILLIAMS.
Currently Director of External Relations, Glasgow was first appointed to the organisation in 2021 as head of Marketing, Ticketing and Fundraising.
Since joining, Glasgow has worked on several projects and long-term initiatives including a comprehensive rebrand, the reinstatement of...
Camden's Roundhouse has appointed ROWAN KITCHING as its Venue Director.
Kitching is an experienced venue specialist with knowledge of heritage venues and technical event delivery at exhibition centres and outdoor event spaces.
She has previously worked on the delivery of large-scale global events for the London 2012 Olympics and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
As Roundhouse's Venue Director, Rowan will...
Tron Theatre’s Artistic Director ANDY ARNOLD is stepping down after 16 years at the helm.
Announcement of his departure coincides with the release of the Scotland theatre’s Autumn-Winter programme, marking Arnold’s final season at the venue.
Arnold joined Tron Theatre in 2008 following many years as Artistic Director of The Arches, a venue and theatre company he established in 1991. He is now directing his 40th and...
ANNA FARTHING will become Chief Executive Officer at Portsmouth’s New Theatre Royal in September.
Farthing is a theatre director with more than 30 years’ experience in arts, culture and heritage. She joins New Theatre Royal Portsmouth from Arts University Bournemouth where, as Director of Civic and Cultural Engagement, she has led the teams responsible for research and innovation, cultural assets, and public programmes. ...