The General Manager of Sheffield Theatres, SARAH NICHOLSON, is stepping down to take up the post of Executive Director of the Orange Tree Theatre in London. Replacing GILLIAN THORPE who retires, she joins the recently appointed Artistic Director PAUL MILLER. The announcement follows the news that ...
10th July 2014
The Clore Leadership Programme has appointed outgoing Director of the National Portrait Gallery SANDY NAIRNE as its new Chair. He succeeds SIR JOHN TUSA who has been in post since 2009.
CHRISTOPHER JONAS is the new Chair of the Board of the Contemporary Art Society. He was formerly Chairman of Goldsmiths University of London and President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
The Ambassador Theatre Group has appointed JONATHAN GRISDALE as its new Managing Director – Sponsorship, Sales & Marketing. He joins the company from TUI Marine where he was President and CEO.
The new Executive Director of The Dukes in Lancaster will be IVAN WADESON. He is currently a joint Executive Director of The Audience Agency.
3rd July 2014
The new Chief Executive of Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre is SIMON GLINN. He steps down as Executive Director of Liverpool Philharmonic Hall & Events after 11 years with the organisation.
Clean Break has appointed ROISIN MCBRINN as its new Head of Artistic Programming. She was previously Associate Director at Sherman Cymru and succeeds LUCY MORRISON, who leaves after eight years to join the Royal Court Theatre.
Music education hub Bristol Plays Music has appointed PHIL CASTANG as its new Music Leader. He joins from the London borough of Newham’s music hub where he has been Hub Leader for a year.
SARA PEPPER has been appointed to the newly created role of Director of Creative Economy at Cardiff University. Currently Marketing and Communications Manager at Leadership and Management Wales, she will develop relationships with and support creative organisations in Wales. She has previously worked for the Southbank Centre, the BBC, and the Wales Millennium Centre.
JUDITH WEIR will become the first female Master of the Queen’s Music when she succeeds PETER MAXWELL-DAVIES. The Scottish-born composer has been Resident Composer with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and has written music for the Boston Symphony and BBC Symphony orchestras. Past holders of the title, described by Buckingham Palace as "the musical equivalent of poet laureate", include Edward Elgar.