14th June 2019
National Theatre Wales CEO KULLY THIARAI is leaving the company to become Artistic Director of cultural investment programme Leeds 2023. Thiarai, who has previously worked at Leeds Playhouse and Transform Festival, said she was "thrilled" to return to the city and create a "unique, daring and ambitious" range of works for its year-long culture festival.
Shubbak, a UK-based festival of contemporary Arab culture, has appointed FARÈS K MOUSSA as its new Executive Director. He is joining from Strode Theatre in Somerset, where he has been Director since 2017. Moussa was previously House Manager at the Royal Opera House and a councillor for the London Borough of...
The Irish Writers Centre has announced HILARY COPELAND will step in as Acting Director during VALERIE BISTANY's partial sabbatical year. Copeland led the literary organisation The John Hewitt Society from 2013 - 2019, where she ran the society’s international summer school and established the...
Principal dancer NEHEMIAH KISH has announced his decision to retire from The Royal Ballet at the end of the 2018/19 season after nine years with the company. He trained at Canada’s National Ballet School and joined the National Ballet of Canada in 2001, where he was promoted to Principal in 2005. In 2008, he...
FIONA HOPE and JOHN R. WILKINSON have joined the board at Middle Child Theatre Company in Hull.
Hope is an undergraduate drama and theatre practice student at the University of Hull who recently performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Wilkinson is a director and a researcher for Arts Council England.
7th June 2019
SIR MICHAEL DIXON has announced he will retire as Director of the Natural History Museum in March 2021. A search for his successor will begin this summer.
Dixon has been in the role for the past 15 years, presiding over the development of its £78m Darwin Centre, major touring exhibitions, and several international scientific projects. Attendance numbers at the venue doubled to 5.5 million visitors a year during his tenure...
CHRIS JAEGER will step down as Chief Executive of Worcester Live to focus on projects including the Worcester Festival, which he founded 17 years ago.
The trust’s arts chief for 24 years, Jaeger was responsible for introducing annual productions in Worcester and reviving struggling local theatres.
Birmingham Royal Ballet First Artist RUTH BRILL is leaving the company to pursue choreography full time. Her final appearance as a dancer will be in 'Hobson's Choice' on 29 June.
Brill's future plans include staging a show for the London Children's Ballet, working with the New English Ballet's Choreographic Lab, and acting as Interim Artistic Director for the National Youth Ballet.
The film magazine's Editor NICK JAMES is stepping down after 21 years in the role to focus on personal writing projects. He will continue to contribute to Sight & Sound as a freelancer.
Colleagues at the British Film Institute hailed James' contribution to film culture, with festivals worldwide seeking his expertise on their juries.
31st May 2019
MIRIAM RANDALL is joining the Brewery Arts Centre as its new Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director next month. She is currently Executive Director at Watershed, Bristol’s film, culture and digital media centre and previously worked as Executive Director of international arts agency Lighthouse.
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