18th June 2015
JAMES ROOSE-EVANS, who set up Hampstead Theatre more than 50 years ago, has established a new theatre company, Frontier Theatre, to provide opportunities for experienced performers who are overlooked by casting directors on the grounds of their age.
The new Chair of Fertile Ground dance company will be COLETTE HARRISON. She is a consultant specialising in working with third sector, higher education and arts organisations.
The Prime Minister has appointed JOHN AKOMFRAH OBE as a trustee at Tate for five years, and STEPHEN WITHERFORD for four years. DR JOANNA KENNEDY will join the Board of the National Portrait Gallery for four years.
17th June 2015
Director of The Empty Space, Natalie Querol, tells us about the people who inspire her work, supporting artists in the North East.
11th June 2015
Chair of the Board of Trustees for HOME, Manchester’s new arts centre, JIM FORRESTER will leave his post in October. He joined the board in 2012 and has led the organisation through the development of its new building and the merger of its two originating companies.
ELINOR MORGAN and MIGUEL AMADO join the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art as Senior Curators. Morgan leaves her post at Eastside Projects in Birmingham to take up the role, while Amado has previously worked at Tate St Ives in Cornwall and the Abrons Art Centre in New York.
HELEN SEARL has left Opera Holland Park to take up the role of Development Director at Rambert. She has previously held roles at the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Scottish Ballet.
Four Colman Getty Culture has promoted MATT RAILTON from Account Director to the new position of Creative Director. Two new account managers have been appointed to the Culture team: HELEN BARNES, who joins from FMcM, and SARA KIETZMANN, whose previous roles include Account Manager at Lady Geek.
4th June 2015
Formerly Senior Relationship Manager at Arts Council England, MELANIE KEEN will join Iniva in September as Director. She returns to the gallery having previously held the role of curator.
After eight years as Head of Marketing and Communications at West Yorkshire Playhouse, PAULA RABBITT is to leave to become Communications Manager at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre.