Hemment joins University of Edinburgh
Founder and Creative Director of FutureEverything, DREW HEMMENT, has been appointed to the post of Chancellor’s Fellow at Un…
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New faces at Jerwood
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation has appointed NATHALIE TEITLER as Project Manager of Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowships. Directo…
WNO appoints General Director
The new General Director at Welsh National Opera will be AIDAN LANG, who will take on the role in July next year. Currently Genera…
Wilkens to succeed Watson at ECF
KATHERINE WATSON, Director of the European Cultural Foundation, will retire at the end of this year, after twelve years of service…
New Director at Craft Scotland
IRENE KERNAN, currently Director of Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, will join Craft Scotland as its new Director next month.
Canada move for Emma Stenning
After nine years as Chief Executive of Bristol Old Vic, EMMA STENNING is stepping down to become Executive Director of Soulpepper…
Starr to chair The Yard
Former Executive Director of the National Theatre and co-founder of The Bridge Theatre, NICK STARR, has become Chair of the board…
Hall to leave Hampstead Theatre
EDWARD HALL will be stepping down as Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive of Hampstead Theatre in the spring of 2019 after…
Meierjohann charts new course
HOME’s Artistic Director, WALTER MEIERJOHANN, who played a central role in the development of the overall artistic policy fo…
Mercury Theatre appoints joint Deputy Executive Directors
KATY GRIFFITHS, former Director of the Corn Exchange Newbury, and DEBORAH SAWYERR, former Executive Director for Theatre Royal Str…
Davies joins Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Events Manager at the Royal Shakespeare Company since 2015, and previously Producer at Midlands Arts Centre, LOUISA DAVIES has bee…
Casting changes at Donmar
Currently a freelance Casting Director, ANNA COOPER will become the new Casting Director at Donmar Warehouse from September. She w…
New role for Peter Barker
PETER BARKER, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, has been appointed as Plymouth College of Art’s new Head of School, Des…
Sanders to lead Trinity Arts Centre
Theatre director CRAIG SANDERS, whose work has been performed at the Lichfield Garrick, HOME and Buxton Opera House, has been appo…
New role for Papadimitriou
FutureEverything has appointed IRINI PAPADIMITRIOU, currently Digital Programmes Manager at the V&A and Head of New Media Arts…
Kilvington to move on
After five years in post, JUDITH KILVINGTON is to step down as Executive Director and joint Chief Executive of the Citizens Theatr…
Langridge joins Glyndebourne
STEPHEN LANGRIDGE, Director for Opera and Drama at Gothenburg Opera in Sweden for the past five years, has been appointed Art…
New Deputy Director for Bristol Cultural Development Partnership
NAOMI MILLER will be Deputy Director of Bristol Cultural Development Partnership from November. She has spent the past four and a…
Leathem takes over as BAPAM Chair
PETER LEATHEM, CEO at PPL, the licencing body for recorded music, has been named as the new chairman at specialist healthcare char…
Music Venue Trust appoints new trustees
BENGI UNSAL, Senior Contemporary Music Programmer at Southbank Centre, and musician ELLIE ROWSELL from alternative rock band Wolf…
Leadership changes at Watershed
CLARE REDDINGTON has taken over as CEO of Watershed, leading alongside Executive Director MIRIAM RANDALL. Reddington, who joined W…
Sheffield joins FEI
FEI, the UK based international cultural consultancy, has announced that GRAHAM SHEFFIELD, until recently global Director Arts at…
New interim Executive Director for Spare Tyre
Consultant and producer LOUISE COLES is to become interim Executive Director (part time) at Spare Tyre. Her experience includes wo…
Senior Leadership changes at the British Council
The British Council has made three new appointments to the senior Arts Leadership team. GREGORY NASH has taken up the role of Crea…
