15th June 2018
CAROLE WINTER, who set up and ran the education departments for both the National Theatre and the English Shakespeare Company, has been appointed the first ever in-house producer at Tunbridge Wells’ Assembly Hall Theatre.
Less than two years after taking up a post as Executive Director of Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, MARK DOBSON has announced he will be stepping down to “pursue other interests”. He was previously Chief Executive of Tyneside Cinema.
Currently General Manager and Head of Operations at Summerhall in Edinburgh, SAM GOUGH will join Glasgow’s Tron Theatre as Executive Director in September. He replaces LESLEY RENTON.
MIRELLA BARTRIP, Trinity Laban’s Director of Dance, is retiring at the end of the year after 36 years with the London conservatoire.
Digital producer JON PRATTY, formerly Relationship Manager for Digital and the Creative Economy at Arts Council England, has been appointed as the new Chair for the National Disability Arts Collection and Archive. He joins following outgoing Chair SIAN WILLIAMS’ decision to take on the role of Secretary/Treasurer for the organisation’s board.
Most recently Executive Director of Candoco Dance Company, and previously Executive Director of Protein Dance, JO TOWLER has been appointed as the new Executive Director of Sheffield-based promoter Music in the Round. She will take over from DEBORAH CHADBOURN on her departure at the beginning of July.
IAN ABBOTT, an independent writer and producer who has worked with 2Faced Dance in a freelance capacity for the past year, has been appointed as the Hereford-based organisation’s Executive Director.
Pro-Chancellor of Norwich University ANWEN HURT will be Holt Festival’s new permanent Artistic Director from 2019 onwards.
After two and a half years as Head of Press at the National Theatre, VICKY KINGTON has accepted a new role as Head of Communications at the Royal Opera House. The theatre’s current Deputy Head of Press, RUTH GREENWOOD, will take over as Interim Head of Press.
The former Artistic Director of the Royal Northern College of Music, MICHELLE CASTELLETTI has taken up the role of Festival Director for Oxford Festival of the Arts. She joins from her post as Artistic Director of the Malta International Arts Festival.