Tim Wills (pictured), Theatre Manager of The Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke has been appointed to the new post of Development Director. Zoe Curnow (pictured), formerly General Manager of the Mercury Theatre, Colchester is the organisation?s new Executive Director.
Clare Simpson has left the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company in Edinburgh where she was Development Director, to take up the post of Marketing Director at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. Clare succeeds Ivan Wadeson who has moved to Arts About Manchester, and Linda Crooks has left the Edinburgh International Film Festival to take over her post.
Marketing Manager at the Citizens? Theatre, Fiona Sturgeon will be leaving her current post to join Lothian NHS as Communications Manager for the Healthy Respect project.
decibel Communications Manager at Arts Council England (ACE) Georgina Langdale is leaving to lead the Arts and Business division at Colman Getty PR. Vicki Spooner, decibel Link Officer for Dance has also left ACE to pursue a freelance career and has been replaced by Delia Barker, previously Assistant Arts Officer at Epping Forest Arts.
Rachel Ireland, previously Programmes Executive at The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, has joined The National Foundation for Youth Music as an Executive Officer in the Operations Department.
Annie Mauger, Head of Libraries and Heritage at the City of York, will become the Chief Executive of the Yorkshire Museums, Libraries and Archives Council in September.
George Dzikunu, founder and Artistic Director of Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble, has retired.
South West Arts Marketing has announced the appointment of Kate Smith as Marketing Officer. She leaves Salisbury Playhouse after two and a half years.
The Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa, has appointed Jenny Barnes as Heritage Interpretation Officer. She previously worked at Ryedale Folk Museum.
Kate Williams, formerly Theatre Manager at Brewery Arts Centre in Cirencester, has been appointed as Programme Manager at Bridport Arts Centre.
East London Dance has appointed Louisa Kemmer as Administrator, and Projects Manager, and Alexandra Kenyon is leaving to join Dance Initiative Greater Manchester as Dance Development Officer.
Danielle Cunningham, formerly Production & Administration Assistant at the Bridewell Theatre, has taken up the new post of Administrator at Chelsea Theatre.
Creu Cymru, the touring agency for Wales, has appointed Berith Hjelmgaard to the new post of Theatre Programme Development Officer. She was previously a freelance drama teacher and lecturer in the Aberystwyth area.
Lorna Cloke has become Arts Development Officer for Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council.