23rd May 2024
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The Young Vic Theatre has announced the appointment of NADIA FALL as its new Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive, effective from January 2025. She succeeds KWAME KWEI-ARMAH who will step down in September after more than six years in the role.
Fall will lead the organisation together with Executive Director LUCY DAVIES who also becomes Joint Chief Executive.
Currently, Fall...
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English National Opera (ENO) has appointed JENNY MOLLICA as Chief Executive of ENO and the London Coliseum.
She will take up the role with immediate effect, having been Interim Chief Executive of ENO since August 2023, after STUART MURPHY resigned from the role following a controversial decision by Arts Council England to demand ENO relocate out of London.
Mollica joined the company in 2020 as...
22nd May 2024
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JACK BAZALGETTE has been appointed Artistic Director of Cheltenham Music Festival for the 2025 season onwards.
Bazalgette is is a conductor, singer, and animateur. He has worked as chorusmaster with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, conducted the Malcolm Street Orchestra, and was Senior Conductor of the Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra.
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The Irish Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, CATHERINE MARTIN, has announced the appointment of five new members and a Chair of the Board of Arts Council Ireland.
The new line up will include MAURA MCGRATH as Chair and RÓISE GOAN, Dr GARY GRANVILLE, BRIAN Ó GÁIBHÍN, GABY SMYTH and RICHARD YARR.
Their appointments will...
21st May 2024
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Bristol Beacon has appointed SIMON WALES as Chief Executive suceeding LOUISE MITCHELL who departs in July 2024 after 12 years in post.
Currently Chief Executive of Stowe House Preservation Trust, Wales has led music and heritage organisations including Waddesdon Manor and Windmill Hill Archive. A Clore fellow, he has also worked with the London Symphony Orchestra as Director of St Luke’s Music Education...
20th May 2024
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FutureEverything has appointed LUCY SOLLITT as Creative Director. She will take over leadership of the Manchester digital arts and culture organisation in June.
During her 20-year career, Sollit has worked on initiatives exploring the creative and critical possibilities of emerging technologies.
At Arts Council England, Sollitt contributed to the Art and Technology Innovation programme with Innovate UK and was the...
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The former General Manager of Perth Theatre, VANESSA RAWLINGS-JACKSON, has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees for Perth Theatre and Concert Hall, succeeding COLIN HOOD.
Rawlings-Jackson has been Vice-Chair since March 2021 and she is succeeded in that role by DAVID CROSS. Also joining the board as a trustee is KEVIN GREENHORN.
Rawlings-...
16th May 2024
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The Royal Opera House has announced LADY SARAH CHATTO as President of The Royal Ballet.
Vice President of the ballet company since 2004, Lady Chatto takes on the role following the news that HM KING CHARLES has accepted the position of Patron of The Royal Ballet.
Her mother, the...
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NATHAN POWELL has been appointed Creative Director for two of Merseyside’s most iconic venues - Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse theatres.
He joins Finance Director ROS THOMAS and CEO MARK DA VANZO to complete a refreshed Executive Team for the theatres.
As Creative Director, Powell will be responsible for the Liverpool and Merseyside Theatre Trust’s artistic vision and programming,...
15th May 2024
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The King's Head Theatre, in London's borough of Islington, has announced ROBERT KHAN as its new Chair. He took up the post on 14 May, succeeding JAMES SEABRIGHT.
Kahn has substantial leadership experience at national organisations including the General Medical Council and the Law Society. He also has a wide range of experience of serving on boards.
From 2010 until 2018, Khan was an Islington...