11th October 2019
ANNILESE MISKIMMON will be joining English National Opera (ENO) as Artistic Director. Currently with Den Norske Opera and Ballet/Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, she was previously General Manager/Artistic Director of Den Jyske Opera/Danish National Opera and prior to that was Artistic Director of Opera Theatre Company Ireland. Originally from Bangor, Northern Ireland, she will continue as Director of Opera in Oslo until the...
TIM COLEGATE has left Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, where he was Head of Programming/Producer, to join Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts, as the new Head of Programming. His earlier career included a role as Artistic Programmer at the multi-space Venue Cymru in Llandudno.
After ten years as Chief Executive, JANE BRYANT is preparing to step down from Artswork next year. Now part of the national network of Arts Council England-funded bridge organisations, the charity was founded in 1987 by Sir Ken Robinson and works to transform the lives of children and young people through arts and culture.
JANET SMITH MBE, Principal and Artistic Director of Northern School of Contemporary Dance since 2012, will be leaving her role and stepping down from full-time working life at the end of the spring term 2020.
CARYS ROSE THOMAS, a 22-year-old recent graduate of Newcastle University, and 24-year-old Durham graduate and aspiring producer DANIELLE OLIVER have joined the Board at Northern Stage. They were selected following a call for applications that included an open workshop led by current trustees to explain what a trustee does and a video to support the application process.
PRS Foundation, the UK funder of new music and talent development, has appointed BECCI SCOTCHER as Senior Grants and Programmes Manager and ALISON WILLIAMS as Communications Coordinator. Scotcher has previously held roles at Roadrunner Records, Welsh Music Foundation, and Wales Arts International. Williams has a background in film and venue management and has worked on Borough of Culture for the London Borough of...
KIM EVANS OBE, Chair of the Board of Trustees of women’s theatre company Clean Break since 2012, will be stepping down at the end of her tenure in July next year.
TIM MARLOW has been appointed Chief Executive and Director of the Design Museum. He will take up the position in 2020, when Co-Directors DEYAN SUDJIC and ALICE BLACK step aside after 12 years at the top. Marlow will depart his current role as Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of the Arts.
Three new members have joined the Board of Directors at Without Walls, which curates outdoor arts shows: LEW HODGES, Chartered Accountant; IVAN WADESON, Executive Director, Manchester City of Literature; and, Investment Team Administrator for Big Society Capital, CARON WINT.
DAME LIZ FORGAN DBE is the new Chair of Trustees at Aurora Orchestra, while Currencycloud CEO MIKE LAVEN has been appointed as Trustee. Forgan, whose career has included roles as a journalist, BBC radio director and the first female Chair of Arts Council England, succeeds LOUIS WATT, who is retiring from the Board in December.