16th January 2014
MICHAEL CROSS has been appointed as Director of White Rock Theatre in Hastings. He has spent the past 11 years as Artistic Director of the Key Theatre in Peterborough.
Blackpool Council and Wyre Council have appointed two Directors to lead on LeftCoast, a Creative People and Places project in the North West. JULIA TURPIN will be Executive Director and artist MICHAEL TRAINOR will be Artistic Director. Turpin was previously Director of ‘Contacting the World’, Contact Theatre’s international participatory project for young people.
Two of Festivals and Events International’s (FEI) Associate Directors are embarking on new roles alongside their consultancy work with the organisation. PAUL GUDGIN will be Director of the City of London Festival and NIGEL HINDS is joining ex LOCOG colleague JENNY WALDMAN as Executive Producer of the First World War Centenary Cultural Programme. SALLY ABBOTT, who until recently...
Peter Welch, Managing Director of arts sponsorship agency Showcase, names those who inspire him.
9th January 2014
Superact has announced ROBIN OSTERLEY as its new Interim Chair. Osterley spent 16 years as Chief Executive of Making Music and the National Federation of Music Societies, and was also Chair of the National Music Council.
ANDY BURDEN is the new Director of The Natural Theatre Company, appointed after a short period as its Development Director.
The Design Museum has announced the appointment of ZDENĚK BAKALA, a Czech-born businessman, investor and philanthropist, as a new member of its Board.
JENNY NIVEN is now Portfolio Manager for Literature, Publishing and Languages at Creative Scotland. Prior to joining Creative Scotland, she was Associate Director at Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas where she headed the programming department.
ISOBEL COLCHESTER has been appointed as Chief Operations Officer at Poet in the City.
LHOSA DALY has been appointed as Deputy Director of Spike Island. A trained lawyer, Daly was appointed as Head of Development at the Turner Contemporary in 2011 and has served on the Spike Island board since September 2010. ALICE MOTARD is the new Curator covering maternity leave and was previously Deputy Director and Exhibitions Organiser at Raven Row, London.