18th April 2019
DANIEL KRAMER is to step down as English National Opera’s Artistic Director at the end of July after less than three years in the role in order to focus on directing more opera and theatre full-time. He will continue to work with the company until the end of 2019, as Artistic Consultant, to oversee the Orpheus series of four operas.
MARTIN GREEN CBE has been appointed Chief Creative Officer of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and will be responsible for the official opening and closing ceremonies and the wider cultural programme for the Games. He has previously worked as the Head of Ceremonies for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and as the Director of Hull UK City of Culture 2017.
Previously Executive Director of The Yard, LUCY OLIVER-HARRISON has been appointed Director of Arts and Minds. GAVIN CLAYTON, who was Executive Director for 10 years, moves on to become CEO of HOOT Creative Arts.
MIKE GRIFFITHS, former interim Chief Executive of Horsecross Arts and interim CEO at Eden Court Theatre, has been appointed as the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company’s new Co-Chief Executive Director. He will join DAVID GREIG as Co-Chief Executive Director at The Lyceum on a part-time basis next month, beginning full-time from 1 July. This follows the departure of ALEX MCGOWAN, who...
STEPHANIE OWENS, a former Director of the Cornell Council for the Arts at Cornell University, and Founder and Director of Empathy Academy, an art research platform for the future of art and design, has been appointed as Head of School for Arts + Media at Plymouth College of Art.
JANE DICKSON, Education Development Manager at Artswork, and ROBBIE POWELL, learning disabled presenter and occasional stand-up comedian, have joined learning disability-led arts charity Carousel’s Board of Trustees.
The Incorporated Society of Musicians has announced Welsh baritone JEREMY HUW WILLIAMS as President 2019-20, succeeding outgoing President Professor DAVID SAINT.
17th April 2019
Nick Anderson, Programme Producer at The Sick of the Fringe, looks back on the people who have inspired and shaped his career.
12th April 2019
As a result of a restructure that combines Artistic Director and Chief Executive roles, Artistic Director SARAH PUNSHON is leaving The Dukes in August to pursue other opportunities. She has been in the post since 2017 and will hand over the reins to current Chief Executive VICTORIA FIRTH, who will step in as interim Director.
Currently a freelance director and Artistic Director of Junction 8 Theatre, LIZ STEVENSON will become Theatre by the Lake’s new Artistic Director next month. She previously worked with the Cumbrian theatre as Associate Director on the 2017 Christmas show The Secret Garden.