13th July 2023
Eight people will join Arts Council England's (ACE) South West Area Council in September.
The new members will aim to foster growth in the region's cultural and creative sectors, influence Arts Council's decision making, promote equitable investment of public funds, and improve access to cultural experiences across the country.
Local authority member STEVE PITT is among those appointed. Pitt is...
12th July 2023
Dr INBAL LIVNE has joined Manchester Art Gallery in the new role of Senior Creative Lead.
With a professional background in various curatorial roles, Livne was Collections Manager at Kent’s Powell-Cotton Museum before becoming Head of Collections and Engagement. During her time at the museum she focused on reframing the museum’s colonial history, and played a pivotal role in acknowledging and centring this history in...
11th July 2023
Former Oldham Coliseum Artistic Director CHRIS LAWSON has been appointed Director of Producing and Programming at Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre.
Lawson joined Oldham Coliseum from London’s Almeida Theatre as Associate Director in 2015, becoming Artistic Director in 2018.
He stepped up to Chief Executive in December 2022, shortly before the...
10th July 2023
JAMES WILLIAMS will become Director of the Royal College of Music (RCM) in September 2024.
As the conservatoire's eleventh director, Williams will succeed COLIN LAWSON CBE, who will retire from the role at the end of August 2024.
Williams has been Managing Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) since 2016. During his tenure, he secured a new Associate Orchestra partnership between the RPO...
Salford’s The Lowry is welcoming nine new trustees to its board.
Joining the board are Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England NAZIR AFZAL OBE, Director of BBC Research & Development JATIN AYTHORA, and Director at Big Life Group ROLI BARKER.
Activist and social entrepreneur JAIDEN CORFIELD has also been appointed, alongside Chief Executive of Capital...
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Visual Arts has confirmed its members at the group's inaugural AGM.
The APPG is composed of cross-party MPs who will work to support and promote understanding of the visual arts, ensure fair pay for artists, and champion artists’ contributions to the economy and society.
Conservative MP for Stafford THEO CLARKE is the group's Chair.
Clarke has a background in visual...
6th July 2023
Touring theatre company Headlong has appointed KATHY BOURNE Chair.
Bourne took over from DONNA MUNDAY in June, who stepped down following 13 years on the board and just over three years as Chair.
With over 30 years’ experience in theatre, Bourne is currently Executive Director at Chichester Festival Theatre (CFT), sharing leadership with Artistic Director JUSTIN AUDIBERT.
...
SIMON LARTER-EVANS is to succeed STEFAN ANDERSON as Principal of Hertfordshire’s Tring Park School for the Performing Arts.
Larter-Evans, who will take up post in September, began his career in the arts as a dancer following training at Rambert. He went on to work in the PR and publishing industries before retraining as a teacher. Previously, he was Head of Boarding and English at Yehudi Menuhin School and...
5th July 2023
Sheffield theatre company Forced Entertainment has named DAVID MICKLEM Chair.
He succeeds DEBORAH CHADBOURN, who departs following six years in post.
Micklem was formerly Artistic Director of Battersea Arts Centre and Chair at Street Wisdom, an organisation providing free audio guides and creative practices for people as they walk.
A writer, producer, programmer and arts consultant,...
ROGER WRIGHT plans to step down as Chief Executive of Britten Pears Arts in July 2024.
With over a decade at the helm of the Suffolk-based cultural charity, Wright has overseen the annual classical music event Aldeburgh Festival and the organisation’s venues, The Red and Snape Maltings, where the festival takes place. He has also led the charity’s Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, now into its 50th year, providing...