Choreographer and dancer ANTHONY MATSENA – a former member of National Youth Dance Wales – has joined the Board of at National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW). Having trained at London Contemporary Dance School, he has since pursued his career with Sadler’s Wells where he was awarded the role of Young Associate 2018-2020.
29th October 2020
27th October 2020
DAVID SEFTON will be Director of Culture and Creative Projects at the recently formed Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries (ICCI) at the University of Kent. He will be responsible for the delivery of a programme of creative activities and events at the University and across the county. The role spans events at the Gulbenkian Arts Centre and Colyer-Fergusson Hall on campus, and the annual bOing! International Family...
26th October 2020
JUSTINA CRUICKSHANK is joining the board of Wac Arts as the organisation’s new Chair. Currently Chief Operations Officer at The Brew, which provides flexible office spaces, she is also Vice-Chair of the Electoral Reform Society. She also set up her own company, Heady Mix, to improve diversity in publishing and showcase writers and stories from underrepresented groups including women, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTIQ+ and...
VICK BAIN, former CEO of the British Academy of Songwriters, has taken on the role of Interim Director of Strategy for Attitude is Everything. A campaigner, researcher and consultant on diversity in music and the creative industries, her role will focus on scoping out new opportunities for partnerships and business development for the charity and the music and event industries it supports.
Staffordshire’s New Vic Theatre has appointed VICKI AMEDUME, Artistic Director of contemporary circus company Upswing, as Associate Director. She will work alongside Artistic Director Theresa Heskins and look after the theatre’s artist development programme, but will also continue in her role at Upswing.
21st October 2020
The Young Vic Board has appointed four new Trustees, including actor KOBNA HOLDBROOK-SMITH and EBELE OKOBI, who is Facebook’s Public Policy Director for Africa, the Middle East & Turkey. Director and facilitator ABIGAIL SEWELL and director and presenter SITA THOMAS join as Ambassador Trustees, two new positions created as part of the Young Vic’s commitment to demystifying...
WILLIAM VILLAGE (pictured) will take over as Chief Executive of Delfont Mackintosh Theatres when RICHARD JOHNSTON – CEO for over 16 years - retires in April 2021. Village joins from Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, where he became General Manager in 2003 and then Executive Director in 2006 and Joint Chief Executive alongside Timothy Sheader in 2007.
DANIEL JARVIS will be the new Marketing and Communications Manager at Manchester Jewish Museum ahead of its re-launch and reopening in Spring 2021, following a major refurbishment and extension. He previously worked in marketing and sales at CFCCA and Z-Arts, and founded his own theatre company, Green Carnation Company.
After 36 years at Shakespeare’s Globe, Director and Founder of Globe Education PATRICK SPOTTISWOODE is stepping down. He will continue in an honorary role as Founder Director of Globe Education and as a Senior Research Fellow.
Four board members are joining visual arts producers D6: Culture in Transit. Sustainability expert LUCY LATHAM (pictured left) leads on delivery of Julie’s Bicycle’s partnership with Arts Council England; TANIA MAHMOUD (pictured second from left) is Cities Programmes Lead at the British Council; DAVE PRITCHARD (pictured second from right) is an international consultant in environment, culture,...