16th April 2015
FAROOQ CHAUDHRY has stepped down as Chair of Dance UK, following his public comments about contemporary dance training in the UK. JULIAN FLITTER becomes Interim Chair.
After two years in post, Director of Colchester’s Firstsite gallery, MATTHEW ROWE is stepping down. The move follows the announcement that the gallery has lost its national portfolio status and been put under a special funding agreement by Arts Council England.
13th April 2015
Designer Moira Gemmill, who recently left the V&A to become Director of Capital Programmes for the Royal Collection Trust, was killed while cycling in London.
9th April 2015
NEIL MACGREGOR will step down as Director of the British Museum at the end of the year. He has held the position since 2002, following 15 years as Director of the National Gallery. He will continue working closely with the British Museum while creating a new series for Radio 4 and is taking on advisory roles at museums in Germany and Mumbai. A new Director is yet to be appointed.
Taunton’s Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre has appointed VANESSA LEFRANCOIS, the current Director of Recreational and Pre-Vocational Dance at The Place in London, as its first Chief Executive since it reopened in April 2014.
The new Executive Director for The Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham will be CHRIS SUDWORTH. He joined The Core at Corby Cube as its inaugural Creative Director in 2010.
Director of Nucleus Arts DALIA HALPERN-MATTHEWS is leaving to take up the role of Chief Executive at the Chatham Maritime Trust. She continues as Chair of the Halpern Charitable Foundation.
Press and Communications Manager for Manchester’s Royal Exchange, JOHN GOODFELLOW, is ending his 25 year relationship with the theatre to “pursue a life of gentle freelance and carve out time to get back on the local stand-up circuit (amongst many other things)”. The position will be filled on a temporary basis by freelance marketer SHELAGH BOURKE.
An inaugural fellow of Arts Council England's Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy Programme, DANA SEGAL, is leaving The Roundhouse, her original host organisation, to become Development and Events Manager for Cockpit Arts.
Forty-four years after founding Acme Studios, Chief Executive JONATHAN HARVEY and Director Property DAVID PANTON have announced their plans to step down. Harvey will depart next year, while Panton will continue in his current role until 2019. Both will continue to serve on Acme’s board.