Senior Director at Apple IJE NWOKORIE has joined the Chineke! Foundation as its new Chair of the Board of Trustees. He was previously the CEO of global branding firm Wolff Olins.
Pentabus has announced ELLE WHILE as its new Artistic Director. She is an Associate Artist at Shakespeare’s Globe, where she directed The Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It and Hamlet.
Three new trustees have joined Royal & Derngate: JANE BUNCE, who worked for the University of Northampton in a number of senior roles, including Director of Student and Academic Services and Academic Project Manager; T
HILARY COPELAND has been appointed Director of Fighting Words Northern Ireland. She joins from the Irish Writers Centre, Dublin, where she was Acting Director.
Wakefield Theatre Trust, the owner and operator of Theatre Royal Wakefield, has appointed four new trustees to the Board of Directors: NIGEL BROOK, former Assistant Chief Officer at West Yorkshire Police; DARREN JOHNSON
DR STEVE BALL has been announced as Principal of BOA Stage & Screen Production, a new 16-19 academy specialising in film, TV, online and theatre production, opening in Birmingham in September 2021.
Currently Director of Shoreditch Town Hall, JAMES PIDGEON will be the new Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
ROBERT READ, formerly Managing Director of the performance and conference centre Kings Place, London, has taken up the role of CEO at National Concert Hall Ireland, Dublin’s music and entertainment venue.
JAMES WATERS is the new Chair of the Board at National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS), succeeding JOANNA BAKER, who held the role for the previous seven years.
