22nd June 2023
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...
16th June 2023
The government has established a monitoring board for the National Plan for Music Education (NPME).
The board will oversee the implementation of the government’s refreshed plan, which was published last year, through keeping track of progress on delivering commitments and establishing an impact framework.
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15th June 2023
The National Theatre has announced Director RUFUS NORRIS will be stepping down in spring 2025.
Since joining the theatre in 2015, Norris has worked to remove barriers to access through expanding the theatre's artistic programme and audience reach.
He oversaw the launch of the National Theatre at Home digital platform during the pandemic, provided free streaming of productions to schools and created career and...
RACHEL BAGSHAW will become Artistic Director of Unicorn Theatre in September.
She will assume the role from JUSTIN AUDIBERT, who is stepping down this summer.
Bagshaw has been an Associate Director at Unicorn since 2018, directing both stage and digital theatre productions for young audiences. She is also a trustee of Battersea Arts Centre and Camden People’s Theatre and a Peter Hall Bursary...
14th June 2023
KIERA BLAKEY is set to lead New Contemporaries as Director from August.
She will join the Bethnal Green-based organisation from her position as Chief Producer at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Her former roles include curatorial positions at Camden Art Centre, Nottingham Contemporary and Art on the Underground.
Blakey is also a trustee at arts and mental health charity Daily Life Ltd, a mentor at arts charity...
12th June 2023
Watts Gallery has welcomed four new trustees to its board.
The new appointments include SARAH KING as Chair of Trustees. King, who replaces outgoing chair MARYANNE STEVENS, has worked for a variety of clients in the commercial, public, and non-profit sectors and is a former Chair of Polka Theatre.
“Today, Watts Gallery Trust upholds this founding vision of ‘Art for All by All’ and is working hard to...