XIAOWEN ZHU will take up leadership of Manchester’s Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) in June.
She will take over from interim Executive Director THANH SINDEN, who has held the post since recruitment for a new director began last autumn, after the organisation faced...
Creative Scotland has announced two changes to senior roles.
DANA MacLEOD will become Executive Director of Arts, Communities and Inclusion in September. She is currently the British Council’s Director of Arts for South Asia, based in New Dehli, and was formally Director of Arts for British Council Scotland.
“I am excited to be returning to Scotland to join the committed team at Creative Scotland and to be supporting...
NANCY MEDINA has been named as Bristol Old Vic’s next artistic director.
She will take over from TOM MORRIS in spring 2023, when he steps down after 12 years. Medina will also serve as joint Chief Executive alongside CHARLOTTE GEEVES.
Medina is currently co-artistic director of Bristol School of Acting and is a visiting acting tutor at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she...
Co-Artistic Directors of Freedom Studios AISHA KHAN and ALEX CHISHOLM will be stepping down this summer.
The pair brought a new leadership model to the Bradford theatre company when they joined in 2015 and have since expanded the company's programme of artistic development and developed free youth theatre.
Under their joint leadership, Freedom Studios has supported over 100 artists and produced and...
NATHAN POWELL has joined Leicester-based theatre festival NSDF as artistic director.
He succeeds JAMES PHILLIPS and will also work as joint CEO alongside KEERTHI KOLLIMADA.
Powell is a director and writer who joins NSDF from Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, where he worked as artistic associate. He is also the Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Activism associate at 20 Stories High...
PIPPA SMITH has been appointed as a partner artist at London Chamber Orchestra (LCO) for the next three seasons.
Her appointment follows a successful trial in 2021/22, which saw Smith create a series of artworks for the orchestra’s 100th anniversary season. For the launch of the 2022/23 season, Smith is working on a two-block reduction print.
“The partnership with LCO has come as a huge, exhilarating surprise to me...
SEB LOVELL-HUCKLE is the English Symphony Orchestra’s (ESO) new Chief Executive Officer.
He will join ESO in August, moving from Birmingham Contemporary Music Group where he has been Executive Director for three years.
Lovell-Huckle is also chair of Birmingham Conservation Trust and Stafford Sinfonia, as well as a trustee of Constella OperaBallet. He also plays the cello with several orchestras across the Midlands....
REECE CLARKE and WILLIAM BRACEWELL have been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet.
Their promotions to the highest rank in the company will take effect from the start of the 2022/23 season.
Clarke and Bracewell both trained at the Royal Ballet School. Bracewell, who was awarded the 2007 Young British Dancer of the Year award, joined the ballet as Soloist in 2017 and was...
TONY FOLLOWELL becomes the new Managing Director, UK & Europe at arts management consultancy TRG Arts.
In his new role, Followell is responsible for the strategy and execution of the company’s vision and financial and relational goals for the continent.
Prior to joining TRG Arts, Followell was a digital strategy consultant with Orchestras Live, and has previously advised the Victoria and Albert Museum and the...
GENNEAH TURNER is the Featured Artists Coalition’s (FAC) new General Manager.
She previously worked with One Little Independent Records and Quest Management and most recently sat on the board of Melbourne’s Victoria Music Development Office, while working with the Victorian government on arts grants for the creative sector.
Turner says she plans to use her new role to help recording artists navigate the music...