PAUL BURNS is to join Dance4 as Associate Director for 12 months from 2017, following the organisation’s entry into Arts Council England’s national portfolio.
Horniman Museum Chief Executive JANET VITMAYER, who has held the post since 1998, is to retire in March 2018. She will retain her Trusteeships at the Hunterian Collection and the Florence Nightingale Museum.
Northern Ireland’s Void has selected MARY CREMIN, Artistic Director of The Treeline Project and part of the Visual Arts Programme for Galway 2020, as its next Director.
MAGDALENA MORENO MUJICA, Deputy Director of IFACCA since July 2014, and previously Head of International Affairs at the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CNCA) in Chile, has become IFACCA’s Executive Director.
Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) has appointed COLIN MARR in the role of Theatre Director at the Edinburgh Playhouse. He will join from his current role as Chief Executive at Eden Court in October.
Currently Executive Director of Oldham Coliseum Theatre, DAVID MARTIN is to step down in the summer after seven and a half years in post to become a freelance consultant for the theatre industry.
Co-Director of the Corn Exchange Newbury GRANT BRISLAND has been appointed Director and CEO following the departure of his fellow Co-Director, KATY GRIFFITHS, after seven years with the organisation.
Currently Artistic Director of Dublin Fringe festival, KRIS NELSON has been announced as the new Artistic Director and joint CEO of London theatre organisation LIFT.
Following six years as Head of Learning and Participation for Frantic Assembly, INGA HIRST has been appointed Director of Creative Learning & Engagement at the Royal Exchange Theatre.
Former Programme Leader of The Body in Performance MA at Trinity Laban, MARTIN HARGREAVES will this month join the senior management team at London Contemporary Dance School as Director of Undergraduate Programmes.
Vanessa Andreis, who spent 12 years at Warner Bros as Director of Promotions and Partnerships, is to join Really Useful Theatres Group later in July as Commercial Partnerships Director.
Following restructures at Kirklees Council, former Head of Active and Creative Communities, ADELE POPPLETON, has taken on the new role of Head of Culture and Vibrancy.