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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 season at the theatre, but Mackenzie said an independent inquiry into accusations of her oppressing junior members of staff found no evidence of any wrongdoing. She believes someone is “spinning stories in the press” in an attempt to damage her reputation.
Source: Ruth Mackenzie hits out at 'brutal' dismissal from Paris’s Châtelet theatre (The Guardian)