3rd November 2016
Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, BOB COLLINS, has decided to step down after five years in post.
Formerly Executive Producer at Forma Arts, DEBBI LANDER has become the organisation’s Artistic Director and CEO.
Rev. Peter Gardner has been appointed The Church of Scotland’s first Arts Minister. He will be based in Glasgow and will use the arts as a medium to engage people previously uninterested in religious life.
27th October 2016
The former Artistic Director of The Arches in Glasgow, JACKIE WYLIE, has been appointed as Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland. She replaces LAURIE SANSOM, who quit mid-season this April after three years in post, and joins interim Chief Executive LUCY MASON...
Conductor MARTYN BRABBINS has been appointed as the new Music Director of English National Opera, replacing MARK WIGGLESWORTH who stepped down after less than a year in post. Brabbins was most recently Chief Conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic in Japan and has previously served as Artistic Director of the...
The CEO of Opera Australia, CRAIG HASSALL, is to become Chief Executive of the Royal Albert Hall, succeeding CHRIS COTTON, who retires in March 2017.
JULIA POTTS, former UK Business Development Director at Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), has become Business Director (UK Venues) with the company.
After being in post for more than 30 years, ANNE SHEWARD has stepped down as Principal of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Her sister, SAMANTHA NEWTON, has taken over the running of the academy, although the school is currently being overseen by GREGORY APOSTOLIDIS whilst Newton recovers from a double arm break.
Castlefield Gallery has appointed HELEN WEWIORA, currently Relationship Manager for Visual Arts at Arts Council England, as its new Director. She will take over from KWONG LEE in January 2017.
The Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe, DAMIAN COLLINS, has been elected Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, succeeding JESSE NORMAN, who has become Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.