3rd July 2024
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LEE HENDERSON has been appointed Chief Operating Officer at Nottingham Playhouse.
Henderson will take up the newly created role at the end of July, strengthening the venue’s existing executive team of STEPHANIE SIRR, Chief Executive and ADAM PENFORD, Artistic Director, by providing strategic business support and leading the finance, operations, commercial and human resources teams.
...2nd July 2024
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The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has appointed DESPINA TSATSAS to its new role of Executive Producer (London).
Tsatsas, who joins the RSC from ATC Group plc, will take up the post in September.
Working alongside Co-Artistic Directors TAMARA HARVEY and DANIEL EVANS and Executive Director ANDREW LEVESON, she will 'define and deliver' commercial producing...
1st July 2024
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ELIZABETH NEWMAN will step down as Artistic Director at Pitlochry Festival Theatre (PFT) in November to take up an undisclosed leadership role.
Before joining PFT in September 2018, Newman worked at Bolton Octagon for nine years, initially as a trainee director and later as Artistic Director.
She was also Artistic Director and CEO of Shared Property Theatre Company and acting Artistic Director at Southwark Playhouse...
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SEAN KELLY and LYNNE BEST have been reappointed to the board of Arts Council Northern Ireland (ACNI) by Communities Minister GORDON LYONS.
Kelly and Best have both served for four years and their tenure has now been extended until June 2028.
Managing Partner of corporate and financial PR firm Fourth Pillar, Best was previously Head of Communications for the music licensing company...
27th June 2024
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Former Culture Secretary JAMES PURNELL is to step down from his role as President and Vice-Chancellor of University of the Arts London later this year. He is moving on to become Chief Executive at Flint Global, a consultancy offering policy and regulatory advice.
The university said Purnell, who was appointed in October 2020, will continue in post until his interim successor Professor KAREN STANTON is in...
26th June 2024
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JULIAN FELLOWES will be presented for election as President of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, which runs the Dorset Museum and Art Gallery this autumn.
He will replace SUSAN BRADBURY who is standing down after 10 years as the conservation organisation's President.
An actor and writer, Fellowes is best known as the creator of the TV series Downton Abbey and for his work on the...
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TOM KIEHL has been appointed Chief Executive of UK Music.
Kiehl has served as the industry collective's Interim Chief Executive since last year, following JAMIE NJOKU-GOODWIN's departure after three years to become Prime Minister RISHI SUNAK’s Director of Strategy.
Kiehl has been with UK Music since 2012, first as Director of Government and Public Affairs and later as Deputy CEO...
25th June 2024
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ELEANOR LANG will take over the role of Chief Executive at the Shaftesbury Theatre in November.
She replaces JAMES WILLIAMS, the West End venues' Chief Executive for over 20 years, who will continue to work with Lang in an advisory capacity.
Currently the Executive Director and co-CEO of Stratford East, Lang was previously the Executive Director of Cheek by Jowl and Free Word, an international centre...
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After seven years at the helm of the National Theatre of Scotland, Brenna Hobson has decided to move on to new adventures in her homeland of Australia. Here she reflects on her international career.
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Really Useful Group (RUG) has appointed LIBBY GRANT Chief Commercial Officer as the organisation unveils an “evolving strategy” to “re-focus as an experience-led entertainment company”. RUG licenses and manages the global brand strategy for ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER shows and music.
Grant takes up the post, having worked as a consultant for the last year at RUG. Her new role will include leading commercial and...