LAURIE MILLER-ZUTSHI, who has been Creative Producer of regional arts development organisation SeaChange Arts since 2008, will be the new Executive Director of theatre company Tara Arts, working alongside Artistic Director JATINDER VERMA. Former Executive Producer JONATHAN KENNEDY has stepped down to focus on freelance projects, but will continue to work with Tara as Associate Producer.
13th April 2017
Founder and Artistic Director of The Other Room in Cardiff, KATE WASSERBERG will join MAX STAFFORD-CLARK and Producer MARTIN DERBYSHIRE to lead theatre company Out of Joint. She has previously held roles as Director of New Plays and then Associate Director at Clwyd Theatr Cymru, and Associate Director at the Finborough Theatre.
DR CHRIS STEPHENS, currently Head of Displays and Lead Curator, Modern British Art at Tate Britain, will be the new Director of Holburne Museum, succeeding JENNIFER SCOTT, who is now Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery.
TC PEPPERCORN has left her role as Engagement and Exhibitions Co-Ordinator at Artrix Arts Centre to become Director of arts consultancy Make/Do Creative.
ROWENA SOMMERVILLE will be stepping down as CEO of Tees Valley Arts this summer to engage with new creative projects. She has worked for the organisation since 1999, when it was Cleveland Arts.
JOHN FULLJAMES, Associate Director of Opera for the Royal Opera in London since 2011, has been named as the next Head of Opera for the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen.
6th April 2017
ELAINE BEDELL, former Director of Entertainment and Comedy at ITV, has been appointed Chief Executive of London’s Southbank Centre. She succeeds ALAN BISHOP, forming an all-female leadership team with JUDE KELLY as Artistic Director and SUSAN GILCHRIST as Chair.
After seven and a half years as Chief Executive of York Theatre Royal, LIZ WILSON has announced her intention to step down this year to pursue new opportunities.
Currently Curator-Director of Grundy Art Gallery in Blackpool, RICHARD PARRY has become Glasgow International’s new Director. He takes the reigns from SARAH MCCRORY, who has been appointed Director of the new contemporary art gallery at Goldsmiths, University of London.
JO COOMBER is the new Director of Public Engagement at National Galleries of Scotland. She joins from Dobbies Garden Centres, where she worked as Marketing Director.