FRITHA COSTAIN has been appointed director of the Royal Signals Museum in Dorset. Costain joins the museum, which charts the histo…

Playwright SIMON STEPHENS is the new programme director of Hampstead Theatre’s Inspire programme. He is taking over from ROY WIL…

ALAIN ‘FUSION’ CLAPHAM, Viscount CHARLES COLVILLE and Professor CAROLINE MALONE have all been reappointed as board members of…

SIMON WARSHAW has been named as the new chair of The Old Vic, taking up post in July. He succeeds NICK CLARRY, who has led the boa…

Chief executive of Manchester Jewish Museum, GARETH REDSTON, will step down after 10 years with the organisation to take up a new…

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in Peckham, south-east London, has appointed Professor SIMON OFIELD-KERR as its new chair. He su…

The Imperial War Museum has welcomed three new trustees. They include JANET BEER, who is a former vice-chancellor at both Oxford B…

Joshua McTaggart is CEO of Theatres Trust, a UK-wide national advisory body. Here he reflects on the people who have shaped and in…

ALYS BEIDER has been appointed executive director and joint chief executive of South Asian theatre company Tara Theatre. She repla…

The Story Museum has appointed CONRAD BODMAN as its new CEO. Currently head of cultural programmes at the British Library, Bodman…

The Mowlem theatre in Swanage, Dorset, has appointed KATE MCGREGOR as its executive director. McGregor, who will be relocating fro…

London-based executive search firm Saxton Bampfylde has appointed JONATHAN BADYAL to join its Arts, Culture and Creative Industrie…

JUDE KELLY and JANET POPE have joined the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as non-executive board members. Kelly is a forme…

PAUL W FLEMING has been re-elected to serve a second term as general secretary of performing arts and entertainment trade union Eq…

The Mayor of London has named the 20 members of his Mayoral Cultural Leadership Board for 2025-28, including 12 new appointees. Sp…

CLAUDIA KENYATTA and EMMA SQUIRE will become joint chief executives of Historic England in October. The pair will take over from o…

ANTONIO PAPPANO has been appointed the first conductor laureate of The Royal Opera, effective immediately.  Following a 22-year s…

The National Youth Choir has announced two appointments to its leadership team. MATTHEW QUINN has been appointed principal conduct…

AMANDA COLLEDGE has been appointed to the board of disabled-led visual arts organisation DASH. A qualified accountant with more th…

Marlowe Theatre has appointed theatre director ATRI BANERJEE, former National Portrait Gallery deputy director PIM BAXTER and seni…

ALEX ELY has been appointed chair of the Museum of the Home. A RIBA Chartered Architect and a member of the Royal Town Planning In…

Director MARIANNE ELLIOTT is joining theatre company Pentabus as a board member. An internationally acclaimed director, Elliott’…

MATTHEW AUSTIN will step down as co-director of Bristol-based live performance producing organisation MAYK at the end of June. Aus…

Candoco Dance Company has announced that SHARON WATSON will head up its board as chair, joined by current trustee PATRICK MCGEOUGH…