CATHY GRAHAM is to step down as Director Music at British Council at the end of the month after serving in the role for 15 years.
Since starting in the role in 2007, Graham has led the Music Department in building long-lasting relationships between the UK and the rest of the world.
In 2013, she orchestrated the international celebrations for the Britten Centenary across 41 countries and worked on the development of...
Theatr Clwyd has appointed HAROLD FINLEY, LEUSA LLEWELYN and SIOBHAN JONES as new trustees.
Finley, who is currently Executive Director of Stage Directors UK, is a writer, director and producer and co-founder of the Black, Queer & Fierce! arts festival. He is on SOLT/UK Theatre’s anti-racism and inclusion committees and Ambassador Theatre Group’s Diversity Forum.
“Visiting Theatr...
Sir LLOYD DORFMAN has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Royal Opera House, effective from July 2022.
With a strong commitment to theatre, philanthropy and extending access to the arts, Sir Lloyd will lead the ROH board to ensure its future and strengthen its reputation as one of the world’s leading opera houses.
He replaces Sir SIMON ROBEY, chair from 2006-16, and again since May...
HANNAH ESSEX and CLAIRE WALKER are the new joint Chief Executives of the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre.
They replace JULIAN BIRD, who left the organisations in May, and will start work on 12 September.
Essex and Walker are currently co-...
JANE SPIERS will become Chair of the National Theatre of Scotland in September, replacing SEONA REID, who is standing down after nine years.
Spiers’ career spans 40 years of working as a producer, programmer, festival director, event manager and cultural policy advisor.
She is currently Chief Executive of Aberdeen Performing Arts, a role she has held since 2012, which involves...
NIAMH BYRNE, STEPHEN TAVERNER and CLARE WRIGHT have become Music Mangers Forum (MMF) board members.
They replace MERCK MERCURIADIS, REBEKAH TAYLOR and LISA BUDDIE who are stepping down after completing fixed three-year terms.
Byrne is the founder of Eleven Management, which represents groups including Gorillaz, Bastille, Blur and The...
The Glasgow School of Art has appointed ANN PRIEST as its new Chair of the Board of Governors following an extensive search process and election by staff and students.
Priest has over 30 years’ experience in Higher Education, most recently as Pro-Vice Chancellor at Nottingham Trent University and Dean of London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London (UAL).
She has been a lay member of Glasgow Caledonian...
JANE ASHER has been announced as a patron of Frinton Summer Theatre.
A theatre, TV and film actor as well as author and entrepreneur, Asher takes over the patronage from renowned stage and screen actor RICHARD WILSON.
Asher made her first on-stage appearance in Frinton in 1959, at the age of 13, after spending family holidays in the town.
“I acted in film and on television from the age of five...
NADINE DORRIES has approved six new appointments to Arts Council England's (ACE) National Council, each serving three-year terms from 15 May 2022.
They include double MOBO Award-winning artist YOLANDA BROWN, Chief Executive of UK Music JAMIE NJOKU-GOODWIN and Sage Gateshead's Managing Director ABIGAIL POGSON.
They are joined by Chief Executive of Canterbury’s The...
MAX MAY, Director and CEO of North Yorkshire arts charity Rural Arts, has announced he is stepping down in August.
May started his career with the organisation as an intern and returned five years later to run the organisation. He has spent three and a half years at the helm, initially focusing on developing the organisation's sustainability.
Through the pandemic, Rural Arts launched RADISH – Rural Arts Daily...