Dame DIANE LEES has announced she will step down as Director-General of Imperial War Museum (IWM) at the end of March 2023.
Lees joined IWM in 2008 when she became the museum’s first female Director-General. Over the course of her fourteen-year leadership, she led IWM through one of the most transformative periods in its 105-year history, redeveloping its branches through more than £90m of fundraising and investment.
...
WAYNE McGREGOR has been appointed as National Youth Dance Company’s Guest Artistic Director for 2022/23.
McGregor is a multi-award-winning choreographer and director and Artistic Director of Company Wayne McGregor, a Resident Company at Sadler’s Wells. McGregor has made over 30 works for the company, which will be celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2022. He is also a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist and has been awarded a...
Jermyn Street Theatre has announced replacements for Artistic Director and Executive Producer TOM LITTLER, who is stepping down after five years.
STELLA POWELL-JONES will work as artistic director. She returns to Jermyn Street Theatre following her 2017-2019 tenure as deputy...
Manchester International Festival (MIF) has appointed three new board members.
Architectural designer FAZ BARBER, arts and media consultant LAMIA DABBOUSSY and President and Chief Creative Officer of Grey LAURA JORDAN-BAMBACH join an existing team of sixteen.
Board Chair TOM BLOXHAM said it was a joy to welcome the trio to the board as the organisation prepares to...
CATHY GRAHAM is to step down as Director Music at British Council at the end of the month after serving in the role for 15 years.
Since starting in the role in 2007, Graham has led the Music Department in building long-lasting relationships between the UK and the rest of the world.
In 2013, she orchestrated the international celebrations for the Britten Centenary across 41 countries and worked on the development of...
Theatr Clwyd has appointed HAROLD FINLEY, LEUSA LLEWELYN and SIOBHAN JONES as new trustees.
Finley, who is currently Executive Director of Stage Directors UK, is a writer, director and producer and co-founder of the Black, Queer & Fierce! arts festival. He is on SOLT/UK Theatre’s anti-racism and inclusion committees and Ambassador Theatre Group’s Diversity Forum.
“Visiting Theatr...
Sir LLOYD DORFMAN has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Royal Opera House, effective from July 2022.
With a strong commitment to theatre, philanthropy and extending access to the arts, Sir Lloyd will lead the ROH board to ensure its future and strengthen its reputation as one of the world’s leading opera houses.
He replaces Sir SIMON ROBEY, chair from 2006-16, and again since May...
HANNAH ESSEX and CLAIRE WALKER are the new joint Chief Executives of the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre.
They replace JULIAN BIRD, who left the organisations in May, and will start work on 12 September.
Essex and Walker are currently co-...
JANE SPIERS will become Chair of the National Theatre of Scotland in September, replacing SEONA REID, who is standing down after nine years.
Spiers’ career spans 40 years of working as a producer, programmer, festival director, event manager and cultural policy advisor.
She is currently Chief Executive of Aberdeen Performing Arts, a role she has held since 2012, which involves...
NIAMH BYRNE, STEPHEN TAVERNER and CLARE WRIGHT have become Music Mangers Forum (MMF) board members.
They replace MERCK MERCURIADIS, REBEKAH TAYLOR and LISA BUDDIE who are stepping down after completing fixed three-year terms.
Byrne is the founder of Eleven Management, which represents groups including Gorillaz, Bastille, Blur and The...