Director of Focal Point Gallery in Southend-on-Sea since 2013, JOE HILL has been selected as the new Director of Eastbourne’s Towner Art Gallery. He will start the role in early March 2018.
Arts Administrator JEAN NICHOLSON, whose portfolio includes work the Royal Opera House, Hackney Empire and London Sinfonietta, has been appointed Festival Director of Cumnock Tryst.
Independent Curator Dr CECILIA WEE fRSA, currently Chair of Live Art Development Agency, has been appointed as Artsadmin’s new Head of Artists’ Advisory Services.
MARC JENKINS has been named the new CEO of technology provider Patron Technology. He will take over from EUGENE CARR, who becomes President of the organisation.
Using funding from the Arts Council and British Council’s Artists’ International Development Fund, Sheffield Theatres’ Chief Executive DAN BATES will take a short sabbatical from mid-February until the beginning of June to explore
STUART BURNS, who joined Orchestras for All (OFA) as Programme and General Manager in 2014 and was promoted to Head of Programmes and Operations in 2016, has been named the organisation’s new Executive Director.
Actor BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH has been selected as the new president of LAMDA. He takes over from TIMOTHY WEST, who has been in the role for more than 30 years.
English Touring Theatre has announced that ANDREW HUGHES joins the company as a Producer, having previously been Assistant to the Artistic Director at the Young Vic.
Formerly Strategic Consultant at the Rugby Football League, ALEX BYARS will become Chief Operating Officer for Manchester International Festival (MIF) from the end of February, leading on business development and operation of new
PHILIP BERNAYS, Chief Executive of Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust, has been appointed Co-Chair of Dance Consortium. He replaces JOHN STALKER, who has served as Chair or Co-Chair for over 20 years.
After nine years in post, ROBERT SANDERSON will retire from his role as Managing Director at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall at the end of April 2018.
Currently Director of Music at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, CLAIRE MERA-NELSON has been appointed Director Music and London at Arts Council England. She will take up post from March.
PETE NICHOLS, formerly a producer of television and live arts events, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012, has joined Greenwich+Docklands Festivals in the role of Festivals Producer.
SIMON DAYKIN has taken up a new role as the first General Manager of Wells Maltings, joining in September 2017 following positions including Executive Director of Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.
Formerly Director of Development at Lyric Hammersmith, LYNDEL HARRISON has taken up a post as Director of Development and Alumni Relations at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
Freelance director JOE DOUGLAS, who was Associate Artistic Director at Dundee Rep and is Co-Artistic Director of Utter, has been named the new Artistic Director of Newcastle’s Live Theatre.
