14th September 2023
Chair of Oldham Coliseum Theatre Company DUNCAN CRAIG OBE has announced three new trustees to the Board.
MARTINA MURPHY is named Deputy Chair. She began a professional career in the arts at Oldham Music Centre before eventually becoming Arts Programme Director at the British Council.
Alongside this, she has worked with Hull UK City of Culture 2017, led an international programme for the UK Cities...
13th September 2023
Art Reach has announced the appointment of PAUL STEELE as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Steele has over 20 years of experience in the arts, heritage and digital sectors. He was previously the Director of Partnerships and Community at Sheffield DocFest and Managing Director of Junction Arts.
Steele took up his new role at the Leicester-based cultural development and events charity in August. He said, “Historically...
Labour leader KEIR STARMER has reshuffled his shadow frontbench, resulting in a new team at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), ahead of next year's expected general election.
THANGAM DEBBONAIRE has replaced former Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport...
12th September 2023
Blue Apple Theatre, a Winchester-based theatre company for learning-disabled performers, has appointed LUCY TOMLINSON and EMMA TAYLOR to its board of trustees.
Tomlinson is currently the Trusts and Foundations Manager at MAST Mayflower Studios and has previously served on boards with La Folia in Salisbury and SoCo Music Project in Southampton.
Taylor is a post-doctoral research fellow with a...
Executive Director CATHERINE MALLYON will step down from the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in December after eleven years in post.
Alongside her role as Executive Director, Mallyon has been a board member at the RSC since 2012.
Formerly Deputy Chief Executive of Southbank Centre, she oversaw the reopening of Royal Festival Hall after refurbishment in 2007 and the renewal of Hayward Gallery in 2010. ...
11th September 2023
Phoenix Dance Theatre has named MARCUS JARRELL WILLIS Artistic Director.
Willis will take up his position at the Leeds-based contemporary dance company next month.
Originally from Houston, Texas, Willis trained as a dancer at The Ailey School in New York before joining Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
In 2018, he was selected for a Leverhulme Choreography Fellowship at Rambert in London and two years later...
DAISY HEATH will step down as Executive Director of Kiln Theatre in December.
Her departure follows news that Artistic Director INDHU RUBASINGHAM is also leaving.
Joining the company in 2019, Heath has worked alongside Rubasingham for nearly five years.
The pair led the...
Aakash Odedra Company has appointed RI CHAKRABORTY as Chair.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Chakraborty has nearly 30 years' experience as a broadcast journalist and executive producer. She is a board member at Norwich University of the Arts and an ambassador with the Digital Poverty Alliance, where she advises on content strategy.
Chakraborty succeeds LUCY PHILLIPS, who has sat on the board...
6th September 2023
MARTIN BERRY will become Joint Chief Executive and Creative Director at Exeter Northcott Theatre in November.
Berry will share the Chief Executive role with Northcott’s Development and Marketing Director KELLY JOHNSON and Finance and Operations Director EMMA STEPHENSON as the theatre adopts a new co-leadership structure. The Chief Executives will be responsible for overall strategy and...
VICTORIA BORWICK joins VisitEngland’s Advisory Board as Chair for an initial term of five years.
After two decades in the events and conference industry, where she managed a division of the P&O Group, Borwick transitioned into a political career.
Borwick served as a local councillor in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and was elected to the Greater London Assembly (GLA) in 2008. At the GLA, Borwick...