3rd May 2019
NICOLE YIP is joining Nottingham Contemporary as its new Chief Curator in July. She has been Director of LUX, Scotland since 2016 and previously worked at LUX, London; Firstsite in Colchester; and ICA in London.
LAURIE BELL joins The Cheltenham Trust as its Chief Executive from a senior leadership role at Wiltshire Council. In her new role, she will lead Cheltenham’s cultural and leisure portfolio which includes The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum, Leisure at Cheltenham, Cheltenham Town Hall, Pittville Pump Room and the Prince of Wales Stadium.
Current Chair of the National Theatre of Scotland, Dame SEONA REID, has been appointed the new Chair of British Council Scotland’s Advisory Committee. She is a Board member of the Edinburgh International Cultural Summit and Tate Gallery, Chair of Tate Britain Advisory Council and will be succeeding WILLY ROE CBE, who has chaired the Committee since 2015.
Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre and Arts Centre has announced LAURA JAMES as its new Theatre Director. She has been promoted into the role from her position as Marketing & Sales Manager and will take overall responsibility for all aspects of the theatre’s operation. Her appointment follows the departure of ROBERT MILES earlier this year, who left after just two months in the Theatre Director post.
Formerly Deputy Artistic Director at the National Theatre, BEN POWER is stepping down to focus on his freelance writing career. He will continue working with the theatre on a part-time basis as an Artistic Associate.
2nd May 2019
A deadpan Indian humourist, a Finnish psychologist and a mischievous artist: theatre makers Jon Haynes and David Woods look back on their career gurus.
26th April 2019
JAMES CONWAY, General Director of English Touring Opera since 2002, moves into the role of Artistic Director to fully focus on leading the company’s artistic vision and planning. JANE-EVE STRAUGHTON, who joined in 2014 having served as Executive Director of The Opera Group, and Producer at Norwegian National Opera and ENO, has been promoted to the new role of Executive Director.
Senior leadership joining...
ZOE HARDIE has joined Rosetta Arts as Deputy CEO & Marketing Manager, a new position for the arts centre. She joins from Creative Europe Desk UK – a consortium led by the British Council and British Film Institute – where she managed Creative Europe Desk UK’s digital strategy and led on major events and campaigns.
Royal & Derngate and The Core at Corby Cube has announced DAVID O’HARA as the new Marketing, Sales and Development Director for Northamptonshire Arts Management Trust and its venues. He joins the team from Cambridge Live where he was Marketing, Sales and Development Director, operating as part of the Executive Management Team for Cambridge Corn Exchange and Cambridge Folk Festival.
Dance Umbrella has today announced JULIA GLAWE as new Executive Director. She was previously Executive Director of Milwaukee Ballet, Senior Vice President and Director of the Dance Division at IMG Artists in New York and founded The Glawe Group, a company which provides strategic planning and interim leadership to individual artists and arts organisations. She will take over from ANU GIRI,...