After 27 years in post, KEVIN LEWIS will leave Theatr Iolo at the end of March to pursue new opportunities.
23rd March 2018
16th March 2018
JO HEMMANT, Director of Operations and Deputy CEO at Hackney Empire since 2012, and recently acting Chief Executive, has become Executive Director of the organisation. She will work closely with YAMIN CHOUDURY, Executive Producer of Creative Learning at the organisation since 2017, who becomes Director of Artistic Programme.
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Hackney Empire and Katherine Leedale
Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre has appointed BRYONY SHANAHAN as Associate Artistic Director. She will work alongside Artistic Director SARAH FRANKCOM and Executive Director MARK DOBSON, taking over from MATTHEW XIA.
Formerly Head Teacher at Costello School, Basingstoke, LEIGH ADAMS has been appointed Director of Education and Skills at the BFI.
Chief Learning and Engagement Officer at Historic Royal Palaces, ELIZABETH MCKAY, has joined the board of Kids in Museums. She is joined by LINSAY TRUEMAN, a Partner at Lancor London.
MALGORZATA DZIERZON and RENAUD WISER have been appointed as the new Artistic Directors of Fertile Ground, taking over from DORA FRANKEL, who founded the Newcastle-based dance company.
9th March 2018
After 23 years with the company, DAVID BINTLEY has announced he will step down as Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet in July 2019. The news follows the announcement of CAROLINE MILLER’s appointment as interim Chief Executive for one year.
CONRAD NELSON, who has worked with Northern Broadsides since 1992 and is currently the company’s Artistic Development Director and Composer, will become Artistic Director and Joint CEO for the next 12 months. He takes over from BARRIE RUTTER, who was Artistic Director for the past 26 years.
Following the departure of NICK WALKER, The Core at Corby Cube has announced the appointment of JOE FLAVIN as its new Director. Flavin co-founded RED Wednesday Arts and joins The Core from Axis Ballymun, where he was Technical and Production Manager.
Revd BETSY BLATCHLEY, who worked in theatre for over 20 years before training for ordination, including five years at the National Theatre, has become Southwark Diocese’s first Pioneer Minister in the Arts. She will work across the Battersea Nine Elms development areas and is passionate about “seeing God’s love and justice transform London, through the mission of God’s church and through the arts”. Blatchley’s appointment follows a similar initiative in Glasgow, when Rev PETER GARDNER was appointed Arts Minister for the Church of Scotland.