26th March 2013
Audiences Northern Ireland has appointed JENNIE WALLACE as Freelance Business Support Consultant, while ROSEANNE STURGEON is the new Freelance Marketing and Communications Consultant. FIONA MCAULEY has been hired as Digital Projects Intern.
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RSC Deputy Artistic Director ERICA WHYMAN is now Chair of the Board of Theatre503. She replaces EMMA STENNING, who steps down after four years.
BEN THOMSON has been reappointed as the Chair of National Galleries of Scotland for a second four year term.
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SAM HOLCROFT will succeed RYAN CRAIG as Writer in Residence at the National Theatre.
The new Chair of the Independent Theatre Council is TOPHER CAMPBELL. He has been Artistic Director of film and theatre company Red Room since 2007 and is also the co-founder of arts organisation Rukus Federation.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation has appointed MARTIN BROOKES as its new Director. He was previously Chief Executive of New Philanthropy Capital.
22nd March 2013
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ALEX BEARD has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House. He is currently Deputy Director at Tate, having worked in various roles there for the past 18 years.
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The new Artistic Director of Fuse Medway festival is MEGAN DONNOLLEY. She has most recently has worked on community art projects in Tower Hamlets, and is Co-Director of Comica: London International Comics Festival.
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RACHEL VEITCH-STRAW is the new National Liaison Officer at Brass Bands England. She has a decade of experience working in the voluntary and community sectors, most recently with a focus on education.
RACHEL ADAM will leave her role as Director of Juice, NewcastleGateshead’s Children and young people’s festival, to lead the Creative People and Places Project in South East Northumberland.