ISABEL MOURA MENDES has joined the Culture team at Creative Europe Desk UK as the new Head of Culture England & Culture Advisor UK. Since 2016 she has acted as Arts Partnership Manager with the British Council Scotland Arts team in Edinburgh, alongside her independent practice. She takes over from...
1st September 2020
The founding Chairman of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), LORD LEE OF TRAFFORD, will be succeeded by BARONESS PATIENCE WHEATCROFT (pictured), an ALVA Board member since 2012, when he steps down in September after 30 years. Wheatcroft is a former trustee and Deputy Chairman of the British Museum, a former Editor of the Sunday Telegraph, a former Editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe, and...
Castlefield Gallery has announced that CERI HAND (pictured left), ALISHA KADRI (pictured middle) and CHARA LEWIS (pictured right) have joined the gallery as Trustees. Hand is Director of Artist Mentor and an Independent Member of the Cymru yn Fenis Wales in Venice Advisory Committee 2020-2024; Kadri, a dancer and writer, is Development Officer at The University of Salford; and Lewis is a member...
RUTH MACKENZIE, the first female artistic director at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, has had her contract terminated with immediate effect, according to The Guardian. During her career she has been director of Holland Festival, Manchester International Festival and Scottish Opera, and ran the cultural programme for the 2012 London Olympics. French media have reported a “managerial and financial problem” related to her first...
26th August 2020
PAUL FITZPATRICK will be joining the National Theatre of Scotland in November in the newly created role of Director of Creative Engagement. Currently Chief Executive of Imaginate, he studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and was a fellow on the Clore Leadership Programme. Prior to joining Imaginate, he was Producer and joint CEO at Catherine Wheels Theatre Company and was producer for theatre maker Shona Reppe.
ROCCA HOLLY-NAMBI (pictured) will be taking over from founder ALAN ROGERS as Director of b-side arts when he leaves in September to pursue a career as artist and creative practitioner in Venice. Holly-Nambi leaves the British Council’s East Africa Arts programme where she has been Head of Arts and Director of Arts, Sub-Saharan Africa. She co-founded 32o East Ugandan Arts Trust and KLA ART, Kampala’s biennial...
ABDUL SHAYEK, Artistic Director & CEO of Cardiff-based international theatre company Fio, has been appointed as the new Artistic Director & Joint CEO of Tara Arts. A Clore Cultural Leadership Fellow, he is a member of the British Council's Arts and Creative Economy Advisory Group, vice chair of the National Alliance for Arts in the Criminal Justice System and a trustee of mid-Wales dance company Impelo and No Fit State...
Founding Artistic Director SIOBHAN DAVIES will be passing on leadership of Siobhan Davies Studios to ANNIE PUI LING LOK and KAT BRIDGE, who will job share the role of Artistic Director from April 2021. The new directorship will mark a shift away from producing, with resources redirected in support of a greater number of artists.
As AMANDA RIGLER goes on maternity leave, Arts Council England (ACE) has appointed Manchester-based writer, performance artist and producer KEISHA THOMPSON (pictured right), and arts consultant and producer MARIA TURLEY (pictured left) to jointly cover the role of Senior Manager for Children and Young People.
18th August 2020
NATALIE IBU will be the new Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive at Northern Stage, where she will take up the role in November. Currently Artistic Director and Chief Executive of tiata fahodzi, she succeeds LORNE CAMPBELL, who joined National Theatre of Wales in March. Ibu's earlier career includes time spent as Creative Producer at In Good Company, Derby Theatre; Programme Manager at the Roundhouse;...