IAN MATHER has been appointed as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Cambridge Arts Theatre Trust, succeeding BARONESS COHEN OF PIMLICO, who has held the position since 2007.
21st May 2015
18th May 2015
The National Theatre has created a ‘New Work’ department, bringing together its Literary Department and the NT Studio. EMILY MCLAUGHLIN, currently Artistic Associate at the Royal Court, has been appointed to lead the department as Head of New Work. BEN POWER, currently an Associate Director for the National, takes on the newly created role of Deputy Artistic Director.
14th May 2015
The new Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Manchester International Festival will be JOHN MCGRATH. He has been Founding Artistic Director and Chief Executive of National Theatre Wales for the past seven years, prior to which he was Artistic Director of Manchester’s Contact Theatre. He will replace ALEX POOTS...
MARK THOMSON will end his tenure as Artistic Director at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre in May 2016, having been in the role since 2003.
The outgoing Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning, BEN STEPHENSON, is to be replaced by POLLY HILL, currently Head of Independent Drama at the BBC.
SAMANTHA LANE, current Director of Projects at the Almeida Theatre, is to become Artistic Director / Chief Executive of Little Angel in June.
ALISON FLINT is to leave her role as Director of Marketing and Communications for Hull UK City of Culture 2017 at the end of this month, with colleague PHIL BATTY to oversee the role until a replacement is found.
Former Head of Cultural Campaigns for the Mayor of London, MARK PRESCOTT, is set to be the Creative Director of Reading Year of Culture 2016.
12th May 2015
Following HARRIET HARMAN MP’s appointment as acting leader of the Labour Party, CHRIS BRYANT MP has replaced her as Shadow Culture Secretary. He has been Shadow Minister for the Arts since December.
11th May 2015
The new UK Culture Secretary is JOHN WHITTINGDALE, who has chaired the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee for the last decade and was Shadow Culture Secretary in 2004/5. He replaces SAJID JAVID who becomes Business Secretary.