17th June 2024
IAIN MACKAY will become Artistic Director of The Royal Ballet School at the start of the academic year in September.
Mackay is an alum of the school and former Principal dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet. After retiring from performing in 2017, he became Director of the Yorkshire Ballet Seminars and was appointed The Royal Ballet School’s International Artistic Manager in November 2021.
He has also founded two...
London Musical Theatre Orchestra (LMTO) has named STUART BARR its new Chair. Barr takes over from interim Chair LEE BOWMAN, who remains on the board.
Barr is CEO of Hey Maestro, a digital platform for music teachers and students that records lessons and uses AI to auto-generate practice notes and plans.
A Musical Director in the West End for over a decade, he was previously Chair of the London...
14th June 2024
EMILY BENN has been elected to lead Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s Board of Governors.
She takes over from GRAHAM PACKHAM and joins the senior leadership team alongside new Deputy Chair CAROLINE HAINES, who succeeds RANDALL ANDERSON. Both Packham and Anderson step down after three years.
The London school, provided by the City of London Corporation, has a...
Shropshire-based rural theatre company Pentabus has named a new chair and six new trustees.
NUALA O’KANE, who is a former Chair of Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is the incoming chair, succeeding ROS ROBINS, who has led the board for 10 years.
“I am proud and delighted to be appointed as Chair of Pentabus. As a resident of Shropshire, I have watched the organisation grow from its relatively...
Three new trustees are joining the Palace Theatre & Opera House Trust.
The trio are made up of LAURA WHITEHURST, Head of Creative Engagement and Contact, LIZ McCARTHY-NIELD, Director of Development at Chichester Festival Theatre and CHLOE McMACKIN, who is Digital Content Manager for Mamas & Papas with experience in arts marketing.
The new trustees will support the charity,...
NICOLAS ZEKULIN and PAUL SHARP are joining Edinburgh International Festival as the festival’s heads of music and artistic management.
Their appointments come in advance of the 2024 edition of the festival, which takes place in August.
Zekulin, a creative producer and former Artistic Director of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, takes over the role of Head of Music Programme from ...
13th June 2024
The Core at Corby Cube has appointed DAVID MANNING as its new Chair of Trustees.
Manning takes over from GARY TAIT, who stepped down in 2023 after 10 years as a board member and six years as Chair.
Manning is Culture Change and Communications Lead at Currys, and was previously Head of Internal Communications and Employee Engagement at the BBC. He has also worked with Associated British Foods and...
PRS Foundation has appointed SUSANNAH SIMONS as Interim Chair alongside new Trustees JONATHAN AITKEN, SUZANNE HUGHES, CRISPIN HUNT, ALEX KASSNER and JOHN MINCH.
Simons is currently Director of Content for arts streaming platform Marquee TV. Previously, she was Director of Partnerships for Canvas, an Arts Council England-funded multichannel...
The Production Services Association has appointed LIZ MADDEN and TOM REES as its new co-Chairs, replacing DAVE KEIGHLEY, who steps down after four years.
Madden takes the reins after more than nine years as a PSA council member. A freelance Production Manager with Production Futures, she has more than 30 years' experience in live events and is the co-Founder and Director of staging and...
7th June 2024
Theatre company Improbable has welcomed ERICA WHYMAN as its new Chair, succeeding NATASHA FREEDMAN, who has led the board for four years.
A freelance consultant, coach and theatremaker, Whyman was formerly Artistic Director of Southwark Playhouse for 12 years from 1998. In 2013, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company as Deputy Artistic Director and became Acting Artistic Director in 2021...