Artist PIPPA HALE, who was Co-Founder and Development Director at The Tetley and helped establish the Northern Art Prize, has joined the Board of creative development agency IVE.
14th September 2018
CARON LOUDY has been appointed as Creative Producer at Luca Silvestrini’s Protein. She joins the international touring dance company from Greenwich Dance, where she was Creative Programme Manager and part of the senior management team.
JOHN BOOTH has been appointed as a Trustee of Tate. A non-executive director of two investment management businesses with venture capital interests in e-commerce, media and telecommunications, he chairs the London Theatre Company, the Prince’s Trust, Pallant House Gallery and the Development Board at Merton College, Oxford. He is also a Trustee of Chatsworth House, the Arts Foundation and a number of other charities.
The new Communications & PR Manager at Help Musicians UK is LIZ STOKES. She has spent over a decade in the music business in journalism and PR, recently as editor of Record of the Day. ALEX MANN, who was an Assistant Policy Officer for Arts Council England before moving on to the Musicians’ Union and then Music Venue Trust, has joined as External Affairs Manager.
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance has appointed SARA MATTHEWS as Director of Dance from January next year. A former Director of the Central School of Ballet, she has been Dean of the Faculty of Dance since January 2017, working closely with the current Director of Dance MIRELLA BARTRIP, who is retiring at the end of 2018 after 36 years at the Conservatoire.
Following the birth of her daughter, ELEANOR GUSSMAN, Chief Executive of Spitalfields Music, has decided to step down to pursue a freelance career. STEPHEN NEWBOULD, who has covered the role during her maternity leave, will remain as Chief Executive for the 2018/19 season.
HENRY VANN, Head of External Affairs, and DERIN ADEBIYI, Public Affairs Officer at ISM, the UK's professional body for musicians, have left the organisation. ROBIN MCGHEE joins as Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager.
A new team will lead the bid to become Tees Valley City of Culture 2025 and drive Middlesbrough’s ambition to establish itself as the focal point for culture and leisure in the region. LORNA FULTON joins Middlesbrough Town Hall as Head of Programmes; MATTHEW STOREY becomes Head of Transformation for the town’s museums; and artist and writer GORDON DALTON takes on the new role of Creative Factory Producer, supporting artists and the development of the visual arts.
CHRIS SONNEX, previously Community Producer and Artistic Associate at the Royal Court, is the new Artistic Director at The Bunker. He replaces founding Artistic Director JOSHUA MCTAGGART.
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Helen Murray
7th September 2018
As SEAN HOLMES prepares to step down as Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith next month, the theatre has announced that RACHEL O’RIORDAN, CEO of Sherman Theatre since February 2014, will take on the role of Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive in February 2019. Previously the Artistic Director of Perth Theatre and Ransom Theatre Company, she will be working with SIAN ALEXANDER, the Lyric’s Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive.
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David Tett