19th July 2018
The Artistic Director and CEO of Chinese Arts Now, one of Arts Council England’s new National Portfolio Organisations, explains how she reached her position.
12th July 2018
DAMIAN HEBRON, Director of the London Arts in Health Forum (LAHF) for the past 15 years, will leave the organisation in the autumn to take up a new role in Nesta’s Health Lab.
ELEANOR LANG has been appointed as Executive Director of London’s Theatre Royal Stratford East. Lang, who will take up the post on 1 October, joins from the Cheek by Jowl theatre company, where she is also Executive Director.
The Gate Theatre in London has appointed LISE BELL as Executive Director. Previously a Producer at the Bush Theatre, she will join the organisation next month to replace JO ROYCE, who is leaving to become Executive Director at Candoco Dance Company. Bell and Artistic Director ELLEN MCDOUGALL will work together as joint Chief Executives.
CAROL JONES has been appointed as editor of CultureHive, the Arts Marketing Association’s (AMA) online resource library. She was formerly Head of Consultancy in Wales for The Audience Agency.
JOSHUA MCTAGGART has been appointed as Artistic Director and CEO of London’s Chelsea Theatre. He will step down from his current role as Artistic Director of the Bunker Theatre in September.
ABIGAIL D’AMORE, former Chief Executive of Musical Futures, has been appointed as External Director to the board of Printed Music Licensing Limited (PMLL). A freelance project manager and consultant, she is also a trustee of Music Mark.
RASHMI BECKER, Founding Director of inclusive dance company Step Change Studios, has been appointed to the Sport England board for a 3-year term. She has more than 20 years’ experience of working in government and the charity sector on policy, communications and disability advocacy.
New Perspectives Theatre Company, based in the East Midlands, has appointed NEALE BIRCH as a part-time Producer. From 2009 to 2017, Birch was Associate Producer at the Touring Consortium Theatre Company.
Britten Sinfonietta has appointed ALICE WALTON to the new role of Communications Director. Walton, who will join the orchestra in September, was Marketing Director of the Philharmonia Orchestra from 1999 to 2015, and since then has worked as a freelance consultant.