SAM HOLCROFT will succeed RYAN CRAIG as Writer in Residence at the National Theatre.
26th March 2013
The new Chair of the Independent Theatre Council is TOPHER CAMPBELL. He has been Artistic Director of film and theatre company Red Room since 2007 and is also the co-founder of arts organisation Rukus Federation.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation has appointed MARTIN BROOKES as its new Director. He was previously Chief Executive of New Philanthropy Capital.
22nd March 2013
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ALEX BEARD has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House. He is currently Deputy Director at Tate, having worked in various roles there for the past 18 years.
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The new Artistic Director of Fuse Medway festival is MEGAN DONNOLLEY. She has most recently has worked on community art projects in Tower Hamlets, and is Co-Director of Comica: London International Comics Festival.
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RACHEL VEITCH-STRAW is the new National Liaison Officer at Brass Bands England. She has a decade of experience working in the voluntary and community sectors, most recently with a focus on education.
RACHEL ADAM will leave her role as Director of Juice, NewcastleGateshead’s Children and young people’s festival, to lead the Creative People and Places Project in South East Northumberland.
MICHELLE BOAKES is the new Training Development Manager at Extant, the professional performing arts company for visually impaired people.
The Watts Gallery has appointed NICHOLAS TROMANS, currently a Senior Lecturer at Kingston University, as Curator . KARA WESCOMBE is the new Head of Learning, joining from the V&A, where she worked as Head of Formal Education. Former Director of Academic Affairs at the Royal Academy of Arts, MARYANNE STEVENS, and MARK JONES, Master of St Cross College, Oxford, have joined the...
18th March 2013
The new Trustees of Almeida Theatre are theatre architect and consultant AXEL BURROUGH; Director of 3D at BSkyB JOHN CASSY; Senior Vice President Marketing at Unilever MARC MATHIEU; and Executive Director of Clean Break Theatre Company LUCY PERMAN.