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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31st October 2023
Artistic Director (AD) and Joint-Chief Executive YAMIN CHOUDURY will leave his role at Hackney Empire next year to "pursue new opportunities".
First joining the organisation at 17, Choudury worked in various producing roles before he became Joint-CEO and AD in 2018.
A practitioner, producer and director, he has worked internationally in performing arts, media and commercial music industries. In September, Choudury began part...
30th October 2023
BILL CHANDLER will become Director of BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, and ADAM SZABO has been appointed Director at BBC Philharmonic.
Chandler assumes his post in December, joining from BBC Concert Orchestra. Originally from the USA, he was a violinist in the Houston Symphony before becoming Associate Leader at Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
"It’s a delight to be working with yet more...
26th October 2023
Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust has announced CATHERINE MALLYON as Chair.
Mallyon joined the Hippodrome as a trustee in March and will move into her new role in December. At the same time, she will step down as Executive Director...
25th October 2023
BRITANNIA MORTON will become Co-Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sadler's Wells, working closely alongside Artistic Director and Co-CEO Sir ALISTAIR SPALDING.
First joining the Islington-based dance organisation in 2010, Morton has held numerous senior roles at Sadler's Wells, including as Director of Visitor Services and Estates, Interim General Manager, Chief Operating Officer, and most recently Executive Director...