27th June 2023
JOHN BALDOCK is stepping down from his role as Director of Theatre Royal Brighton after 18 years at the venue.
Baldock joined Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), owners of Theatre Royal Brighton, in 2005 as Theatre Manager. He became General Manager of the Brighton theatre in 2010, before stepping up to Director in 2018.
“Over the years I have worked with and met some of the most talented people in the industry,”...
26th June 2023
The driving premise behind Kevin Osborne’s career has been to help people meet their basic needs, so they can achieve their full potential.
JENNIFER FRANCIS is the first Director of External Affairs at the Museum of London.
The new role will see Francis spearhead the museum’s communications, digital innovation and development teams, alongside supporting a new organisational strategy to increase annual visitor numbers and engage more young people.
Francis' appointment follows the...
23rd June 2023
SUSANNAH STOREY is the new Permanent Secretary at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
She is taking over the department’s top civil servant role from POLLY PAYNE and RUTH HANNANT, who have been job sharing the position, on an interim basis since February, following the departure of SARAH HEALEY.
A former Director General for Digital and Media at DCMS...
22nd June 2023
MARK BILLS, incumbent Director of Gainsborough’s House, will step down in August following over a decade in post.
During his time as director, Bills initiated and delivered a capital project which saw the House reopened to critical acclaim and huge public interest in November 2022, with it now attracting record numbers of visitors.
Bills is leaving to pursue research in Victorian art. He has published widely on...
A charity committed to supporting young people in the arts is promoting two young practitioners into leadership positions.
ARCHIE O’NEILL and DANIEL CARTLIDGE, who each have several years’ experience with the organisation, will become Co-Directors from September.
They will takeover leadership from LOUISE COLES, who is stepping down from her...
Manchester’s multi-arts venue Contact is welcoming ten Patrons for the first time.
The Patrons are all from or have lived and worked in Manchester and all have a personal connection to Contact. They will help strength the organisation's support network and continue its mission to support young people’s creativity and ideas.
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama-trained actor FISAYO AKINADE, British-Libyan actor...
20th June 2023
Six artists have been appointed to lead Theatre Royal Plymouth’s (TRP) creative and producing team.
The annoucement forms part of an organisational restructure following a review into TRP’s creative leadership model, which led to the theatre deciding to appoint a group of artists rather than one artistic director.
...19th June 2023
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD) has announced ANDREW BAIN as Head of Jazz, succeeding PAULA GARDINER who retires at the end of the academic year.
A musician, performer, educator and researcher, Bain is currently Deputy Head and Senior Lecturer of Jazz at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and sits on the steering committee for the International Network for Artistic Research in Jazz....
ANNA-MARIA HELSING has been named Chief Conductor of BBC Concert Orchestra.
Taking up post in October for an initial three-year term, Helsing will work closely with the orchestra’s Director BILL CHANDLER.
Helsing started her career as a violinist and is now renowned for conducting and leading major Nordic orchestras and opera houses.
She was the first female Chief Conductor of Finnish...