9th December 2021
MICHAEL DUFFY will be Cheltenham Music Festival's Head of Programming from February 2022.
He replaces CAMILA KING, who moves to Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod to become its Executive Producer.
Currently the British Council's Music Programme Manager, Duffy previously worked with Mahogany Opera Group, Spitalfields Music Festival and the London Sinfonietta.
He says he his looking...
8th December 2021
JOSH PARR and DADIOW LIN are joining Donmar Warehouse as Resident Assistant Directors.
The pair will undertake year-long paid roles at the Covent Garden theatre to develop their craft and understanding of theatre management.
Lin is a freelance theatre director who previously worked as Assistant Director at the National Theatre of Taiwan. She received the Genesis Future Directors Award in 2019.
...BRYONY KIMMINGS has been named Oily Cart's new Ambassador.
A writer, director, theatre, film maker and Soho Theatre associate artist, Kimmings joins Oily Cart as it celebrates its 40th year.
"I am interested in making theatre more democratic, political and experimental with form and Oily Cart’s incredible, prescient work in sensory theatre inspires me," Kimmings said.
Oily Cart Artistic Director ELLIE...
LISA TREGALE has joined the board of the Association of British Orchestras (ABO).
Currently Director of BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, as well as a freelance consultant, Tregale is a former South West Music School CEO and Head of Participation and senior manager at Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
She is also Co-Chair of Open Up Music / National Open Youth Orchestra.
ABO Chair SIMON WEBB ...
3rd December 2021
EILISH McGUINNESS has been named The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s (NLHF) next Chief Executive as the organisation marks its 40th anniversary.
She will begin in the new year, with outgoing Chief Executive ROS KERSLAKE stepping down at the end of 2021.
McGuinness joined NLHF in 1996 and is currently Executive Director of Business Delivery, having held a variety of operational and strategic roles....
JULIAN BIRD will step down as Chief Executive of the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre in May.
Bird initially intended to step down in November to coincide with his 10th anniversary in the role but says the pandemic "intervened in that".
He will oversee the 2022 Olivier Awards and the completion of a study into the economic impact of theatre before his departure.
“There will be time to reflect...
The Prime Minister has appointed LORD MARLAND OF ODSTOCK and PRIYANKA WADHAWAN as Trustees of the British Museum.
The pair will serve four year terms until 30 November 2025.
Lord Marland is a conservative life peer, Former Founding Director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group and Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council.
Wadhawan hsd been Amazon's Director of Insights and...
2nd December 2021
Cultural organisations across Manchester have paid tribute to SIR RICHARD LEESE, who is stepping down as City Council leader after 25 years.
During Leese’s tenure, the city reopened Manchester Art Gallery and People’s History Museum, launched Manchester International Festival (MIF) and hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
A £50m investment into Manchester Central Library was completed in 2014, with a...
MARTIN CONSTANTINE will join Streetwise Opera as Artistic Director in January.
Currently International Chair of Directing at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Constantine wrote and is course leader of the college's MA Opera Directing, the first of its kind in the UK.
He has previously directed for Royal Opera House, Bristol Old Vic, Shanghai Opera House and Royal Shakespeare Company and is a previous winner...
York’s Pilot Theatre has appointed TOM BELLERBY and TRINA HALDAR as its next Co-Chairs.
Bellerby is a freelance theatre director who started his career at Pilot Theatre, going on to become Donmar Warehouse’s Resident Director and Associate Director at Hull Truck Theatre.
Haldar is Founder and Artistic Director of Mashi Theatre and Associate Director of The Spark in Leicester.
Pilot’s joint CEO...