11th July 2024
Creative Access has appointed MEL RODRIGUES, former Diversity Lead at Channel 4, as its new Chief Executive.
The social enterprise, which provides opportunities, support, and training for people from underrepresented groups, said Rodrigues has extensive experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion and a proven track record of connecting diverse creative talent with industry leaders.
She will begin her role in...
10th July 2024
LORI ANDERSON will succeed JULIA AMOUR as Director of Festivals Edinburgh from October.
Currently Director of the arts, heritage and creative industries network Culture Counts, Anderson was previously Development Manager at Scotland + Venice, interim Director at Creative Dundee and Head of Development and Enterprise at Collective.
She has also worked at Museums Galleries Scotland and spent nine years...
9th July 2024
JO TAYLOR, GURJEET SINGH and EVA SCOTT have joined the board of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
Taylor is the co-founder of Fly a Kite, which aims to help organisations grow and diversify their audiences. She spent four years as Director of Audiences at Rambert and nine years as Director of Morris Hargreaves McIntyre, where she worked on the rebrands of Shakespeare's Globe and...
DELIA BARKER has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Brixton House theatre in London from her existing position there as interim Managing Director.
She has previously been Director of English National Ballet School, Director of Programmes at The Roundhouse, and has served a long tenure as Chair of Studio Wayne McGregor.
Alongside her, RUTH HAWKINS, who is currently the organisation’s interim...
8th July 2024
SELINA MCGONAGLE has been appointed the new Executive Lead at North Yorkshire arts organisation Craven Arts. She replaces ANN RUTHERFORD, who will retire at the end of July after over three years as Director of the company.
McGonagle works in various freelance roles, including Producer at the University of Leeds, Mentor at South Asian Arts UK, and Independent Advisor at Youth Music.
She spent eight...
3rd July 2024
SIR RICHARD HEATON has been appointed Chair of the Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate in Cambridge.
Heaton, who is the Warden of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, succeeds CATHERINE ARNOLD OBE. He will take up the post in October 2024.
Heaton become Warden of Robinson College Warden in October 2021, after a career in the civil service. He was Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of...
Cambridge Arts Theatre's CEO, DAVE MURPHY, is stepping down from his role after 21 years.
Murphy, who joined Cambridge Arts Theatre in 2003, will be replaced on an interim basis by current Executive Director VICTORIA BEECHEY.
Beechey will share the role of interim Chief Executive with Riverside Studios’ Creative Director RACHEL TACKLEY. Tackley will also act as interim Creative...
LEE HENDERSON has been appointed Chief Operating Officer at Nottingham Playhouse.
Henderson will take up the newly created role at the end of July, strengthening the venue’s existing executive team of STEPHANIE SIRR, Chief Executive and ADAM PENFORD, Artistic Director, by providing strategic business support and leading the finance, operations, commercial and human resources teams.
...2nd July 2024
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has appointed DESPINA TSATSAS to its new role of Executive Producer (London).
Tsatsas, who joins the RSC from ATC Group plc, will take up the post in September.
Working alongside Co-Artistic Directors TAMARA HARVEY and DANIEL EVANS and Executive Director ANDREW LEVESON, she will 'define and deliver' commercial producing...
1st July 2024
ELIZABETH NEWMAN will step down as Artistic Director at Pitlochry Festival Theatre (PFT) in November to take up an undisclosed leadership role.
Before joining PFT in September 2018, Newman worked at Bolton Octagon for nine years, initially as a trainee director and later as Artistic Director.
She was also Artistic Director and CEO of Shared Property Theatre Company and acting Artistic Director at Southwark Playhouse...