Orchestras Live announces new roles

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01 Mar 2019

BECKY WEST is the new Regional Producer – North for Orchestras Live.

Festival Directors retire

01 Mar 2019

Directors STEVE HEAP and LIOUX HEAP are to retire after the 2019 Towersey festival.

Create London appoints Genesis Young Curator

01 Mar 2019

LOSAL CHIODAK is the new Genesis Young Curator for Create London, a role supported by the Genesis Foundation.

New Executive Director at WildWorks

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01 Mar 2019

Cornwall based theatre company, WildWorks, has announced EMMA HOGG as the company’s Executive Director. The former Programme Producer for Eden Project joined WildWorks in 2014.

McGregor joins Elmhurst Ballet School

01 Mar 2019

Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor and Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, WAYNE MCGREGOR, has been appointed as the new Vice President of Elmhurst Ballet School.

Anthem announces board members

01 Mar 2019

The new music endowment fund for Wales, Anthem, has announced seven new members. BEATE DEGAN, DAN O’GORMAN, ERIC MARTIN, MARK HILL, MICHAEL PUGH, SUE GRIFFIN, and TOKS DADA have joined the board, which is

Colston Hall appoints new board

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01 Mar 2019

Five members have been appointed to the board of trustees at Colston Hall: PAT CONNOR, Director of BBC South West and the BBC’s Head of Development & Events; TONY CHERRY, partner at DAC Beachcroft LLP;

BAFA announces new leadership

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01 Mar 2019

The British Arts Festivals Association has appointed SONIA STEVENSON, Director and Founder of St Andrews Voices Festival, as its youngest ever Chair.

My Gurus - Hannah Ishmael

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28 Feb 2019

Hannah Ishmael, an archivist at the Black Cultural Archives, reflects on the colleagues, thinkers and activists who have guided her career. 

New Director joins Arts Council England

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22 Feb 2019

Formerly Director of Museums and Cultural Programmes at University College London, TONYA NELSON joins Arts Council England as Director of Arts Technology and Innovation, where she will support the cultural sector to adopt new tech

Cruden leaves York Theatre Royal

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22 Feb 2019

Artistic Director DAMIAN CRUDEN is stepping down from his position at York Theatre Royal after 22 years with the company. He will take over as Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Rose Theatre project in York and Blenheim.

Brewery Arts Centre appoints Ducker

22 Feb 2019

JAMES DUCKER is leaving his role as Marketing & Communications Manager at Contact, Manchester, to join the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, as Head of Communications & Partnerships.

Lockwood to lead Town Hall Arts

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22 Feb 2019

Co-Founder of The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter, DAVID LOCKWOOD is replacing Founder and Director TRACY SULLIVAN at Town Hall Arts, Trowbridge, in April.

Glyndebourne announces Gray

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22 Feb 2019

REBECCA GRAY, former Head of Fiction Publicity at Orion Publishing, has begun her new role as Head of Press and Communications at Glyndebourne.

New Board members join National Museums Liverpool

22 Feb 2019

SARAH DEAN, Head of Tax and Investments at the Grosvenor Estate Family Office; DAVID FLEMING, Chief Technology Officer at Mitigo–a cyber security company based in the North West; and MAX STEINBERG

Macpherson exits Birmingham Hippodrome

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15 Feb 2019

ROB MACPHERSON has announced that he will be leaving Birmingham Hippodrome next month, after 15 years with the theatre.

Northern Broadsides announces Sansom

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15 Feb 2019

LAURIE SANSOM will succeed CONRAD NELSON as Artistic Director and CEO of Northern Broadsides in June. He joins the company after leading National Theatre of Scotland and Royal & Derngate, Northampton.

New Director of Liverpool Biennial

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15 Feb 2019

The Director and Chief Curator of the David Roberts Art Foundation, FATOŞ ÜSTEK, has been appointed as the new Director of Liverpool Biennial.

Michel leaves Théâtre du Châtelet

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15 Feb 2019

After twenty-two years with Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, BRUNO MICHEL joins Classical Opera and The Mozartists as Head of Artistic Administration.

Royal Academy of Arts appoints Rűger

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15 Feb 2019

AXEL RÜGER, Director of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, will take up the position of Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts in June.

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