Previously Interim Director of External Affairs at Help Musicians, SARAH WOODS has now been appointed as their Director of Communications & Business Services. Her career has included roles at the Royal Albert Hall as Director of External Affairs and Director of Customer Relations.
17th May 2019
10th May 2019
HOME, Manchester’s multi-art form centre, has announced JUDE CHRISTIAN as the new Associate Director. She was previously Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio, an Associate Artist at The Yard and the Lyric Hammersmith, Dramaturg at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and is currently an Associate Artist at the Gate Theatre.
CRAIG TITLEY has been appointed as South Hill Park’s new Chief Executive. He joined as Executive Director in May 2017 and has previously served six years as a trustee. Formerly Chief Executive at Future Talent, he has also worked at the Theatre Royal in Windsor, Watford Palace Theatre and as Director of Marketing for Rambert.
After four years with Absolutely Cultured, first as Executive Producer for Hull 2017 and later as Creative Director and CEO, KATY FULLER has announced that she is stepping down to pursue other creative projects. She championed the evolution of Humber Street Gallery and the Volunteering Programme and has ensured learning and engagement opportunities have been embedded in all the company’s work.
JANET SMYTH is stepping down as Children and Education Programme Director after eight years with the festival. She played a key role in the creation and success of long-term engagement project, Edinburgh International Book Festival On The Road, which delivered mini-festivals in the Scottish New Towns of Cumbernauld, Glenrothes and Irvine.
CATHERINE HEARNE, Chief Executive of Helix Arts since January 2015, has announced she will be leaving the organisation in July. She will continue to work in the North East cultural sector as Chair of Culture Bridge North East.
AMANDA NEVILL has announced that she will be stepping down as BFI’s CEO early next year. She joined the organisation in 2003 – the first female in the CEO role – and in 2012 took on an expanded remit as the BFI became the UK’s National Lottery distributor for film.
3rd May 2019
VANESSA REED, who has been CEO of PRS Foundation for the past 11 years, is replacing ED HARSH as New Music USA’s CEO and President. She will remain connected to PRS through Keychange, the gender balance campaign in music established in 2017, in a voluntary role as Honorary Chair of its international...
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.