4th February 2016
HENNY FINCH, who has been Executive Director of Headlong since 2005, is to join Hofesh Shechter Company as Executive Producer from May 2016.
After 25 years with Artsreach, Director IAN SCOTT is to step down and retire. He will be replaced by CAROLINE CORFE, who was previously Director of Bridport Arts Centre.
JEMIMA LEVICK, Artistic Director of Dundee Rep since 2013, is to step down to become Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Stellar Quines.
CLAIRE GEVAUX is to join Help Musicians UK as its first Creative Director. She arrives from the Foundation for FutureLondon, where she worked to maintain the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The British American Drama Academy (BADA) has announced that STEPHEN UNWIN, founder of English Touring Theatre, is to succeed IAN WOOLDRIDGE as Dean and Director.
The new Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, SHONA McCARTHY is to be Chair of the Board of Trustees at Salford-based Walk the Plank.
Conductor MIRGA GRAŽINYTĖ-TYLA is to join City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as its 12th Music Director from September 2016 for a three-year period.
Having been with the company as Executive Director since 2013, JUDITH KILVINGTON is to become Joint Chief Executive of Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre alongside DOMINIC HILL.
The winner of the top honour at last week’s Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards – Caroline Miller – reflects on the people who have inspired and guided her career.
28th January 2016
One Dance UK has appointed ANDREW HURST, currently part of the senior management team at The Royal Ballet, as its first Chief Executive. He will take up his post in April, when the organisation is officially formed from the merger of four dance bodies.