9th November 2023
MICHELLE CHARTERS has become the first Black woman to head up Liverpool's International Slavery Museum, part of National Museums Liverpool (NML).
Charters will join in the new year from Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, where she has served as Chief Executive for the past 17 years.
She is also an activist, founder, and Chair of Merseyside Black History Month Group, as well as a trustee of Everyman and Playhouse...
Birmingham's creative and performing arts multi-academy trust BOA Group has appointed GRAHAM SHEFFIELD Chair.
Sheffield has held senior positions across the sector, including Director of Arts for the British Council, Artistic Director at Barbican Centre, Music Projects Director at Southbank Centre and Radio Producer at BBC Radio 3.
Most recently, Sheffield completed an eight-year tenure as Chair of Help Musicians...
DREW MCONIE steps into the role of Artistic Director (AD) and Joint CEO at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
He joins in January next year, working alongside Executive Director JAMES PIDGEON.
McOnie is a director and choreographer working in theatre and film and was previously a dancer at Regent's Park. His choreography on Jesus Christ Superstar at the north London venue was nominated for an Olivier...
HAROLD FINLEY is stepping down from Stage Directors UK (SDUK) after two and a half years at the helm.
Finley has overseen the initial transition of SDUK to become a trade union.
To succeed him, former Artistic Director of Orange Tree Theatre PAUL MILLER has been named transitional Executive Director.
The organisation said Finley’s departure came as it began to "plan the long-term reform of...
7th November 2023
Welsh National Opera's (WNO) Board has announced four new Board members.
Among them is HARRIET FEILDING, Chartered Accountant and former Finance Director at English National Opera. She is presently Chief Financial Officer for a group of companies preserving and operating a range of heritage railway assets.
She has held various non-executive roles at arts and heritage organisations, including her current role as...
6th November 2023
JONATHAN HIGGINS is to join Tyne Theatre & Opera House as their first Chief Executive Officer.
Higgins will move from Croydon’s Fairfield Halls, where he was Venue Director for operators BH Live. Previously, he was Head of Events for Your Trust in Greater Manchester and spent 12 years leading the arts and events team at The Sands Centre, Carlisle.
Working alongside Theatre Director JOANNE JOHNSON...
2nd November 2023
ADRIAN PARKER has been selected to succeed ALISON CROOSE as Chair of King's Lynn Festival.
Parker steps up from his role as Vice-Chair, which he assumed in 2014. Croose will remain at King's Lynn Festival as a board member.
Parker was Borough Planning Officer at King's Lynn Council before becoming setting up his own company, Adrian Parker Planning Ltd.
He chaired the town's Friends of St...
AMBER MASSIE-BLOMFIELD will step down as Executive Director of Complicité after three years at the helm.
Massie-Blomfield co-led the international touring theatre company with Artistic Director SIMON MCBURNEY and will depart in spring 2024 to take on "freelance ventures".
During her tenure, Massie-Blomfield oversaw the company's successful bid for ongoing Arts Council England funding as an NPO in...
1st November 2023
JULIE ELLEN joins Byre Theatre, University of St Andrews as Director.
The role has been held by Co-Directors KALLY LLOYD-JONES and JESSICA RICHARDS since 2019.
Ellen comes to Byre after a term as Artistic Director and CEO at Macrobert Arts Centre. She was previously Artistic Director of The Beacon and founding Creative Director of Playwrights' Studio in Scotland...
CHRISTOPHER MARNEY is set to lead London City Ballet (LCB) as the company returns to UK and international performance venues next year.
Marney, a choreographer and teacher, previously served as Artistic Director at the Joffrey Ballet Studio Company in Chicago and Central School of Ballet in London.
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