CHARLOTTE BENCE returns to Equity as low pay/no pay organiser. Bence is a former student scheme coordinator for the union, and returns to Equity having recently worked at Unite, overseeing workers in the hospitality sector.
Actress SUZANN MCLEAN is to take over as Artistic Director of Theatre Peckham next month. McLean is founder and current director of the award winning theatre school Young and Talented, now in its 14th year.
The Association for Cultural Enterprises’ new role of Director of Digital will be filled by ROBIN CANTRILL-FENWICK. He joins the Association from Colchester's Mercury Theatre, where he was Deputy Executive Director.
CHARLES SAUMAREZ SMITH, Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts and former Director of the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery, is stepping down after 11 years to join Blain|Southern as Senior Director of the gall
Currently Deputy Director of the Black Cultural Archives, and previously Chief Executive of the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham, DOREEN FOSTER has been announced as the next Director of Warwick Arts Centre.
Baroness LOLA YOUNG, a writer and broadcaster and formerly Head of Culture at the Greater London Authority, will join Sir DAVID BELL, a non-executive director of The Economist, as Co-Chairs of the Foundation for F
Previously producer at the Gate Theatre, DAISY COOPER – who has previously worked in the BBC’s TV Locations Department – has been appointed Producer of theatre company Out of Joint.
The Northampton-based contemporary art organisation has welcomed several new appointments to its board: DEBORAH DE HAES, management consultant and governance specialist; DYLAN FOX, Artist/ Activist/ Trans Advocate
Chief Executive JANET ARCHER has left Creative Scotland after five years in post. Archer’s former deputy IAIN MUNRO will assume leadership of the organisation as Acting Chief Executive and Accountable Officer until a successor is found.
Curator and Head of Programmes at Gasworks in London since 2011, ROBERT LECKIE has been selected as the new Director of Spike Island in Bristol. He will take up the role in the autumn.
The Box, Plymouth, the major redevelopment transforming Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery into a cultural and heritage venue, has appointed NIGEL HURST as Head of Contemporary Arts.
Theatre Director MATTHEW XIA has become Trustees at theatre company Cardboard Citizens. He is a founding member of Act for Change, a trustee for Artistic Directors of the Future and an ambassador for Creative Futures.
RICHARD BRUNDLE, formerly Managing Director of the ticket agency Edwards and Edwards has been appointed as Chairman of the Society of Ticket Agency and Retailers (STAR).
