18th January 2019
FIONA MACTAGGART, Chair of The Fawcett Society and former parliamentarian, is taking over from GEORGE OWEN MBE as Chair of Omnibus Theatre. Owen will become honorary president of the theatre.
The new Producer at Sheffield Theatres will be JOHN TOMLINSON, who previously worked there as Assistant Producer. Currently Producer at York Theatre Royal, he was founder of Stand and Be Counted, the UK’s first theatre Company of Sanctuary, and worked on the Somme 100 project with Manchester City Council.
CHRISTINE BROWN joins MMW as its first Executive Director, to work alongside founder LAURA WESTCOTT. She moves from Help Musicians UK where she rose up the ranks from a temp to become Director of External Affairs during her nine-year tenure at the charity.
17th January 2019
A reflection on the inspirational rule-breakers, unexpected challenges and creative teachers that have shaped the career of Judith Webster, CEO of Music for Youth.
11th January 2019
DOMINIC HADDOCK, currently Director of Development at Spitalfields Music, has been appointed Head of Development and Communications at English Touring Opera. He joins the company next month.
DAN HOWARD will take over from ROY SHIELDS as Chair of the Board of Governors at Elmhurst Ballet School. Howard’s career has included senior educational roles at Bournemouth Media School, the University of Gloucestershire, Birmingham City University and Nottingham Trent University.
HANNA STREETER, a Senior Producer at Paines Plough since 2014, has been appointed as the next Executive Director of the Orange Tree Theatre. She will succeed SARAH NICHOLSON in March 2019, working alongside Artistic Director PAUL MILLER, who was appointed in 2014.
10th January 2019
Composer Gavin Sutherland, Principal Conductor of English National Ballet, pays homage the five people who have guided his professional and artistic growth.
3rd January 2019
He is now Managing Director of the Society for All Artists, but Carl Gamble’s career began by rising up the ranks at retail giant Next. Here he looks back on the steps in his career and how they have shaped his leadership style.
21st December 2018
Currently Interim Director for Theatre at Arts Council England, TAREK ISKANDER will become the new Artistic Director and CEO of Battersea Arts Centre from May 2019. He will take over from DAVID JUBB, who...