30th August 2012
NICOLA JEFFS has joined Brighton Dome and Festival as Press and PR manager. She has previously worked at Arts Council England and the National Gallery
BARONESS ELIZABETH SMITH has formally stepped down as Chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. The new chair will be PROFESSOR SIR TIMOTHY O'SHEA, the Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh
JULIA STIDOLPH has left her role as Assistant Publicist at Premier Communications to join the new St James Theatre in London’s Victoria
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Bath festivals have appointed two new board members, JOHN CULLUM, who is father of musician Jamie Cullum and current Chief Executive of Bristol Music Trust LOUISE MITCHELL
NISHA VEJA has taken up the role of Events Assistant at Cambridge City Council’s Arts and Recreation team. She has previously worked at the Cambridge Corn Exchange in the front of house and box office teams
After two years in other management roles at the Ambassadors Theatre Group, GAVIN SHULMAN has been appointed as the General Manager at New Wimbledon Theatre
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CLAIRE WILL moves on from her role as Head of Marketing & Communications at Contact Theatre in Manchester to become the Marketing and Communications Director at the Royal Exchange Theatre
RICHARD HAWLEY will take on the role of Director of Artistic Programming and Projects at Town Hall and Symphony Hall Birmingham. He is currently covering maternity leave as Director of Arts Administration at London’s Southbank Centre.
The National Audience Development Agency has completed its Director’s Team by appointing CAROLINE GRIFFIN(East and West Midlands) and OLIVER MANTELL (Yorkshire and North East).