Tackley joins Riverside Studios

RACHEL TACKLEY has been appointed to the lead creative role in the leadership team that will be taking Riverside Studios forward following its five-year, £50m refurbishment. She joins following the departure of WILLIAM BURDETT-COUTTS, who has left after 27 years with the organisation. Tackley’s career has seen her working in both the commercial and not-for profit sectors, most recently as a freelance, and also as Executive Director for ATG Productions. She was previously Executive Director at Chichester Festival Theatre and before that Director of English Touring Theatre.