30th April 2013
The new Festival Director of Edinburgh International Festival is former Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Sydney Festival, FERGUS LINEHAN. He will plan for his first Edinburgh Festival in 2015.
Letchworth Garden City has appointed MARK PRESCOTT as its first Creative Producer. He was previously Head of Cultural Campaigns in the London Mayor’s office.
CHRIS RICKETTS will be stepping down as Artistic Director of Sherman Cymru in Cardiff to pursue other interests in the arts sector. He has been in the role since 2007.
CAROLINE BARTH will be the new Head of Learning at Derby Theatre. She is currently the Creative School Consultant for The Mighty Creatives, the regional development agency for young people’s creativity.
19th April 2013
Marketing and Press Manager of Watford Palace Theatre, EMILY ROLLINGS, is stepping down after three years to pursue a career in graphic design. Her post will be filled by an interim appointment, VICTORIA KEARNS.
The curators of Liverpool Biennial 2014 will be MAI ABU ELDAHAB, previously Director of Objectif Exhibitions in Antwerp, and ANTHONY HUBERMAN, the founding Director of The Artist's Institute in New York.
NAN VAN HOUTE has been appointed as the new Secretary General of IETM, the international network for contemporary performing arts. She will succeed MARY ANN DEVLIEG who has led the organization for more than 18 years.
RACHEL KINCHIN has left the Riverfront Arts Centre in Newport to become Head of Marketing at Assembly Festival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a second year.
CHRIS HEATON-HARRIS MP is the new Chair of trustees at Northampton Theatres Trust, the charity which runs Royal & Derngate theatres. He is currently the MP for Daventry and is the Vice-Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Dance.
RICHARD HALLAM will succeed SUZI DIGBY as the President of the Incorporated Society of Musicians. In his long career in music education, he has worked as a teacher, advisor, inspector and Head of Music Service.