12th July 2022
The Secretary of State has reappointed five Area Chairs to Arts Council England.
SUKHY JOHAL, Director of the Centre for Culture and Creativity at the University of Lincoln, will continue as Midlands Area Chair until the end of November 2025.
KATE WILLARD, Chair of the Thames Estuary Growth Board and the Government appointed Thames Estuary Envoy, remains North Area Chair until the end of November...
The Royal Ballet has announced a range of promotions and new appointments, following the recent recent promotions of REECE CLARKE and WILLIAM BRACEWELL to the rank of Principal Dancer.
JOSEPH SISSENS is promoted to First Soloist, while ANNETTE BUVOLI,...
6th July 2022
KARENA JOHNSON is joining the Barbican in September as Head of Creative Collaboration & Learning, a new position at the organisation.
Currently Artistic Director and CEO of Hoxton Hall, Johnson’s new role will see her oversee the Barbican’s learning programme and public programme, community projects and events, as well as Barbican Futures.
The Barbican says she will also play a “major role” in its renewal...
Touring theatre company Paines Plough has announced JODIE GILLIAM as its new Executive Director.
Gilliam has worked in the arts for more than 10 years and joins Paines Plough from Shubbak, where she was Head of Finance and Operations.
She says she looks forward to supporting the existing team, which includes joint Artistic Directors CHARLOTTE BENNETT and KATIE POSNER, to support the...
FAROOQ CHAUDHRY is dance centre The Place’s newest patron.
Chaudhry danced professionally and internationally in the 80s and 90s, before retiring in 1999 to begin work as a producer. He co-founded the Akram Khan Company in 2000, where he continues to hold the post of producing director, and was the creative producer at the English National Ballet from 2013-2017.
In 2014, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from De...
5th July 2022
CLARE SLATER has been appointed the new Artistic Director and joint Chief Executive of HighTide, taking over from SUBA DAS.
Slater is currently Head of New Work at the Donmar Warehouse, a position she has held for six years, commissioning and developing new plays while supportng the company’s artistic strategy and programming.
She also sits on the Creative Council of Shakespeare’s Globe. She...
Contemporary art space The Showroom has appointed GABRIELA SALGADO as its new director.
Born in Argentina, Salgado has had a 30-year career in the arts focused on the Global South’s artistic scene, developing projects in Latin America, Africa, Oceania and Southeast Asia.
She has served as Artistic Director of Te Tuhi Contemporary Art in Aotearoa, New Zealand, curator of public programmes at Tate Modern, curator of...
Bristol Beacon has named ADAM KENT as its new Director of Creative Learning and Engagement, starting in September.
Kent, who has worked for Sage Gateshead since 2011, replaces PHIL CASTANG, who recently left Bristol Beacon to become CEO of Music for Youth.
Kent is currently part of the senior team leading and delivering Sage Gateshead’s creative learning music programme, one of the largest in the UK...
CIRA ROBINSON will take over as the Director of Yorkshire Ballet Seminars, the UK’s first residential dance summer school, in December.
She will succeed IAIN MACKAY after five years in the role.
Born in Cincinnati, Robinson began dancing at the age of eight. She graduated from the School for Creative and Performing Arts in 2004 and went on to spend three years at New York’s Dance Theatre of Harlem,...
Powys based charity Impelo has announced the appointment of JEMMA THOMAS as its new Artistic Director and joint CEO.
The organisation partners with people working in health, social care, education and the arts to offer participatory dance in the rural community.
Thomas brings a wealth of experience as a practitioner, facilitator, performer, programmer and choreographer to her new role, operating from the Dance Centre...