13th March 2020
Former Creu Cymru Chair LOUISE MILES PAYNE has been appointed Director of the Welsh theatre and arts development agency.
Payne has worked as Head of Programme at Wales Millennium Centre, Senior Programme Manager for youth leadership development chairty UpRising, and at Cardiff University, where she helped develop enterprise and entrepreneurship networks.
She said: "Joining Creu Cymru as Director feels like coming...
Music educator NORTON YORK will be the new Chair of music accessibility organisation Sound Connections.
York wrote the world's first commercial music degree at University of Westminster, where he was later the Chair of Music Film and Fashion. He has developed graduate recruitment schemes with EMI, Universal and Sony and co-led Somerset House's programme for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
Norton replaces CHRIS...
Culture Bridge North East (CBNE) has appointed MELANIE BURGESS as its new Programme Manager.
Burgess started out as a Literacy Officer for the North East Regional Museums Hub. She worked as a primary school teacher for four years before returning to the cultural sector as CBNE area manager.
She led on the development of Local Cultural Education Partnerships in the North of Tyne area, the organisation said.
ELLIE MARTINDALE has been recruited to a new Education Project Assistant post at Sinfonia Viva.
She will start working part time before transitioning to full time work when she graduates from the University of Nottingham this summer.
Martindale is an accomplished musician, playing piano, cello and violin and performing with Suffolk county youth and Nottingham University’s orchestras. She has also worked in the music...
DR TILLY BLYTH, Head of Collections and Principal Curator at the Science Museum, and real estate professional ZAHRA BARDAI have been appointed to the board at Bletchley Park Trust.
Blyth said: "I’m looking forward to joining the Bletchley Park Board of Trustees at an exciting time for the site, when the story and significance of the vital top-secret wartime work that took place here will be shared with even...
5th March 2020
Ovalhouse Theatre has unveiled a new Artistic Director - and a name change. GBOLAHAN OBISESAN will start at BRIXTON HOUSE in April.
Obisesan is an experienced and acclaimed producer, director and playwright. He was awarded the Director in Residence at the National Theatre Studio in 2008 and his play "Mad About the Boy" won a Fringe First at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
He succeeds ...
Montgomery Theatre & Arts Centre has appointed THERESA KEOGH as Director.
Keogh leaves her role as Director of Derby Book Festival to join the company. She has previoulsy worked in theatres as Associate Director of New Perspectives Theatre Company and as a freelancer involved with organisations like City Arts, Lakeside Arts and The Young Vic.
DR SIMON DANCEY has resigned as CEO of Creative & Cultural Skills due to "short term health issues".
In an open letter Dancey thanked the organisation's staff and said he was pleased with what was achieved during his tenure.
"I joined Creative & Cultural Skills 18 Months ago to undertake an organisational review and implement any structural and cultural changes, including revising the mission, vision and...
Welsh National Opera's Music Director TOMAS HANUS has extended his contract until 2026.
An accalimed opera conductor, he has worked for the company since 2016.
WAYNE GLOVER-STUART has been announced as the new Producer at Chiswick Playhouse.
He trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has since worked as a Creative Producer at the BBC, General Manager at Tramshed and the Artistic Lead at Shaw Theatre.