English Pocket Opera Company has appointed Kirsty Harris as General Manager following Tracey Low?s appointment as Associate Producer at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Audiences Northern Ireland has expanded its team with the appointment of Chris Palmer as Projects Team Leader, Steven Hadley as Audience Development Manager, Brian Willis as IT Manager and Donna O?Reilly as Ticketing Support and Training Officer. Craig Smith has joined as Internet Assistant and Julie McLaughlin as Administration Assistant.
Althea Lyons has joined The Met in Bury as Administrator, having previously worked for Cyclops Events.
The Arts and Humanities Research Board and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council have appointed Professor Tom Inns as Director of ?Designing for the 21st Century?, their first collaborative initiative.
Jonathan Morton, a violinist with the Scottish Ensemble since 1998, is to be its new Artistic Director.
Emma Stenning will be stepping down as Executive Director of BAC next year, to work alongside Tom Morris in the new production company Schtanhaus. She will continue to work with BAC as an Associate Producer.
East London Dance has promoted Lisa Scott to Programme Manager Young People and Polly Risbridger to Programme Manager Community & Education, following Lerato Dunn?s departure to work for Bristol City Council.
Derby Playhouse has appointed Michael Hallas its new Chairman. He was formerly Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Derby.
Jim Brown (pictured) is the new Senior Dance Education & Access Officer at Swindon Dance.
Joanna Down, previously Marketing Officer at Wakefield Theatres, has been appointed Marketing Officer at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
Richard Hawley (pictured) has been appointed Director of the Lichfield Festival. He is currently Orchestra Manager of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Alistair Spalding, who joined Sadler?s Wells in 2000 as Director of Programming, has been appointed as its new Chief Executive and Artistic Director.
Philippa Hayward has been appointed Project Director for the World Book Day 2006 Adult Literacy campaign. She was previously a Strategic Marketing Consultant to the Penguin Group.
Stephen Cotton, a founding member of CCW Business Lawyers, has replaced Stuart Hepburn as Chair of The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. Philip Howard has been re-appointed as Artistic Director.
Bridget Whyte is the new Development Manager for Chamber Music 2000.
Cranleigh Arts Centre has appointed three new Board Directors: Joanne Barber, Gallery Director of the New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham, Rosemary French, Chief Executive of Business Link Surrey and Nick Morris, Previous Dean of the Faculty for Arts and Media at Surrey Institute of Art & Design.