17th April 2024
Bradford Producing Hub (BPH) has appointed its first board as part of its transition from an Arts Council England-funded project to an independent organisation.
Leading are Co-Chairs KAREN WATSON, co-Artistic Director of East Street Arts, and KAMAL KAAN, a Bradford-born actor and writer.
Previous BPH Consortia members becoming trustees are ALEX CROFT, Creative Director of Kala Sangam...
16th April 2024
The Independent Society of Musicians (ISM) confirmed its presidential trio for the next twelve months at its annual general meeting today (16 April).
Opera performer NICKY SPENCE is the new ISM President, succeeding PAULINE BLACK, who recently became Assistant Principal of UHI Orkney.
Cellist GABRIELLA SWALLOW is the new ISM President-Elect, meaning she will take over from Spence in...
ALEXIS PATERSON, Chief Executive of the Three Choirs Festival, has announced she will be standing down after eight years following this summer's festival in Worcester.
She will move on to become Senior Music Programme Producer with Oxford University’s Cultural Programme.
Paterson joined the Three Choirs Festival in 2016 and, during her period in the role, oversaw the merger of three charities - Three Choirs...
15th April 2024
CLAIRE SADDLETON has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of VocalEyes, the charity bringing art and culture to life for blind and visually impaired people. She will take up the post in May.
For the last decade Saddleton has been a Senior Relationship Manager at Arts Council England in the London Theatre team.
Before joining ACE in 2010, Saddleton was the project lead for See-A-Voice, a joint initiative between...
KATE MACKONOCHIE is the new Executive Director of Cantebury’s Marlowe Theatre.
She joins the theatre, which hosts Shakespeare, musicals and stand-up, from Manchester’s Factory International, where she has been Director of Producing since 2021.
Her appointment comes as the theatre begins undergoing a business development phase which will include building up its producing capability and its role as training...
11th April 2024
Actors Touring Company has announced that CEO and Executive Director ANDREW SMAJE will step down after eight years of co-leading the organisation.
AMBER MASSIE-BLOOMFIELD will join as Interim Executive Director later this month while the search for a permanent replacement begins.
Before joining ATC in 2016, Smaje held positions as Chief Executive at Hull Truck Theatre, Associate Director at Theatre...
MARIANNE BARRACLOUGH will take up the role of Executive Director at More Music from July, replacing KATHRYN MACDONALD, who leaves the organisation after 30 years,
Barraclough joins the Morecambe-based community music and education charity after serving as Deputy Chief Executive (Programme) at Sinfonia Viva, a not-for-profit orchestra and music education charity based in Derby.
She said: “I am...
CHARLOTTE MILLER and CRAIG WEST have joined the Music Education Council (MEC) as trustees.
As Programme Director of the National Youth Orchestra (NYO) of Great Britain, West oversees all its activities, including equity and open access programmes.
Before joining NYO, West held roles at the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sage Gateshead, the Royal Northern Sinfonia and, more recently, as General...
10th April 2024
Sir ROLY KEATING has announced that he will leave his role as Chief Executive of the British Library in April next year.
Keating was appointed to the post in 2012 following a broadcasting career at the BBC, where launched BBC Four and served as Controller of BBC Two and Director of Archive Content.
He is a trustee of the Clore Leadership Programme and chairs the Steering Committee for the AHRC-funded research...
9th April 2024
ANDREW SHEPHERD has been appointed Chief Executive of Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch. He will take up the role in July.
He replaces MATHEW RUSSELL who, during a seven-year tenure, oversaw the theatre's first capital redevelopment and major fundraising achievements including a significant increase in Arts Council England funding.
With a background in fundraising and independent theatre and film...