26th May 2022
SEB LOVELL-HUCKLE is the English Symphony Orchestra’s (ESO) new Chief Executive Officer.
He will join ESO in August, moving from Birmingham Contemporary Music Group where he has been Executive Director for three years.
Lovell-Huckle is also chair of Birmingham Conservation Trust and Stafford Sinfonia, as well as a trustee of Constella OperaBallet. He also plays the cello with several orchestras across the Midlands....
REECE CLARKE and WILLIAM BRACEWELL have been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet.
Their promotions to the highest rank in the company will take effect from the start of the 2022/23 season.
Clarke and Bracewell both trained at the Royal Ballet School. Bracewell, who was awarded the 2007 Young British Dancer of the Year award, joined the ballet as Soloist in 2017 and was...
TONY FOLLOWELL becomes the new Managing Director, UK & Europe at arts management consultancy TRG Arts.
In his new role, Followell is responsible for the strategy and execution of the company’s vision and financial and relational goals for the continent.
Prior to joining TRG Arts, Followell was a digital strategy consultant with Orchestras Live, and has previously advised the Victoria and Albert Museum and the...
GENNEAH TURNER is the Featured Artists Coalition’s (FAC) new General Manager.
She previously worked with One Little Independent Records and Quest Management and most recently sat on the board of Melbourne’s Victoria Music Development Office, while working with the Victorian government on arts grants for the creative sector.
Turner says she plans to use her new role to help recording artists navigate the music...
The Spark Arts for Children has named CHRISTOPHER GORRY as its new Artistic Director.
He join the charity in July, succeeding ADEL AL-SALLOUM, who left last year to work with UNBOXED 2022.
Gorry is currently Artistic Director and CEO of Warts and All Theatre, which he founded in 2016. During his tenure, he has developed school partnerships, implemented a coaching, consultancy and training programme...
MARK READ has been appointed a trustee of the Natural History Museum by Prime Minister BORIS JOHNSON.
Read will join the board for a four-year term beginning 1 June.
He became CEO of WPP in 2018, having held multiple leadership positions at the the communications, advertising and public relations company since first joining in 1989.
Read was included in the 2021 and 2022 EMpower advocates list...
24th May 2022
Founded in 2000, Slung Low is a theatre company based at the Holbeck in Leeds – Britain’s oldest working men’s club. Its Artistic Director, Alan Lane pays tribute to the people who have inspired him.
19th May 2022
Whitechapel Gallery has named GILANE TAWADROS as its new director, starting in October 2022.
A curator, writer and art historian, she will be the gallery’s tenth director. She succeeds IWONA BLAZWICK, who stepped down in April after 20 years.
Tawadros has over 30 years’ experience in...
ALEXIS FFRENCH is to be the first artistic director of ABRSM, the Royal College of Music's exam board.
An acclaimed classical-soul artist, Ffrench has racked up half a billion global streams. He has also devised and led music courses for the Prince’s Trust and posts tutorials on YouTube and social media to help young musicians develop their skills.
His collaboration with ABRSM is in an effort to broaden the appeal of...
VICTOR FUNG will become Pavilion Dance South West’s (PDSW) next artistic director and joint CEO.
He replaces ZANNAH CHISHOLM, who is stepping down as artistic director CEO after 10 years with the company.
Fung has a wealth of experience as a cultural enabler and dance artist and specialises in transnational collaborative projects, bringing together talents of diverse backgrounds through international...