Previously Associate Producer for the Oscar Wilde Season at the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End, ROSIE TOWNSHEND is to become Royal & Derngate’s new Senior Producer. TESS DOWDESWELL joins from Kenny Wax Family Entertainment as Producer, focusing on overseeing the development of new musical theatre at the Northampton venue; and PETER HUNTLEY and SMART ENTERTAINMENT have taken on part-time roles as Consultant Producers.
9th November 2018
Intergenerational arts charity Magic Me has appointed four new trustees to its board: PHIL CAVE, consultant and former Director at Arts Council England; HAZEL GOULD, librettist, director and facilitator; DAMIAN HEBRON, Programme Manager in NESTA’s Health Lab; and DAVID RUSSELL, from NHS England’s Strategy Team.
CATHERINE HEARNE, Chief Executive of Helix Arts, has been appointed Chair of Culture Bridge North East’s Advisory Board. She is joined by GEMMA DYER, Prince’s Trust Public Sector Partnerships Manager North, as Vice Chair.
2nd November 2018
CATH JAMES, most recently Acting Artistic Director and CEO of South East Dance, has been selected as the organisation’s new Artistic Director. The appointment comes as part of an organisational restructure following the death of former Artistic Director and CEO JAMIE WATTON in July.
EDDIE NIXON, who has spent time as both Associate Director and Director of Theatre and Artist Development at The Place, will become the organisation’s new Artistic Director. He takes over from RICHARD ALSTON, who announced he would step down earlier this year after 24 years with the organisation.
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Hugo Glendinning
FRANCESCA HEGYI, formerly Executive Director of Hull 2017 UK City of Culture, will join Edinburgh International Festival as Executive Director in February 2019.
Actor and Director AMEET CHANA is to become Associate Director at Rifco Theatre Company, directing the company’s next studio production in Autumn 2019 and helping the company support emerging British Asian artists.
Live entertainment business Trafalgar Entertainment Group, created by Sir Howard Panter and Dame Rosemary Squire, has appointed ANDREW HILL as Business Affairs Director and TIM MCFARLANE as Executive Chairman of Trafalgar Entertainment Asia-Pacific Pty Limited.
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Atsutoshi Shimosaka
CHRIS BRANNICK, who is currently Chair of the Newham Music Trust after periods as both Joint CEO and Interim Senior Director, has been appointed as the new Chair of Sound Connections. He will take over from KATRINA DUNCAN, who has been Chair for the past 12 years.
Outdoor art show commissioner Without Walls has selected eight new people to join its Board of Directors. These are JANE ALI-KNIGHT, Professor in Festival and Event Management at Edinburgh Napier University; ANGIE BUAL, Interim Chair for Mayk in Bristol; MARK DENBIGH, Head of Production at Norfolk and Norwich Festival; RICHARD HOLT, Head of Global Cities Research for Oxford Economics; JAN LENNOX, Director of Watermans; ANTHONY MISSEN, Founding Director of New Movement Collective and co-founder of Company Chameleon; STEPHEN MUNN, Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director of Déda & Derby Festé; and GEMMA THOMAS, Creative Producer for Appetite.