11th September 2024
Central School of Ballet has announced CHARLOTTE TALBOT as its new Chair. She will take up her post in October.
Talbot has served on the board since 2012, most recently as Deputy Chair. She succeeds RALPH BERNARD, who is retiring after 16 years in past.
A former student of Central School of Ballet from 1989 to 1992, Talbot joined...
Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced that EMMA SMITH will join its board.
Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, Oxford, Smith is also the author of several books and General Editor for the Oxford World’s Classics Shakespeare.
She was named an RSC Associate Scholar in 2021. She co-chaired the theatre's Expert Research Group for its Time To Act project, which aims to offer insights into the...
Mind the Gap has announced its Executive Director, JULIA SKELTON, and Artistic Director, JOYCE NGA YU LEE, will both step down as the learning disability performance and arts company prepares to launch a new leadership model.
The pair’s departure is part of an amicable succession plan that the company has developed over...
Merseyside community arts organisation Heart of Glass has appointed TRACY GENTLES as its new Chair.
Gentles will take up post later this year, succeeding JOANNE ROWLANDS, who steps down after nine years in the post.
Currently Artistic Director and CEO of the Manchester-based arts and health-focused organisation SICK! Festival, Gentles' previous experience includes founding Creative...
10th September 2024
Sir MARK GRUNDY has been appointed to the board of City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), and current trustees JANE FIELDING and GURPREET BHATIA have been made Deputy Chairs.
CEO of Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust since 2007, Grundy also served as Principal of Shireland Collegiate Academy and has been an advisor to the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner. He was knighted...
The Burton at Bideford Art Gallery & Museum has appointed HARRIET COOPER as Director. She will join the North Devon National Portfolio Organisation from later this month.
Cooper’s recent roles include Project Director at Southwark Park Galleries and curator of the UAL Art Collection. She is also a member of the Arts Council Collection Acquisitions Committee 2022-25.
She has previously worked as Head of Visual...
Sinfonia Cymru has appointed the violinist HAIM CHOI as its new orchestral leader.
The 28-year-old, who is part of the award-winning Salomé Quartet, has been performing with Sinfonia Cymru for three years.
She has recently led tours with saxophonist JESS GILLAM and guitarist SEAN SHIBE, and has performed regularly in other Sinfonia Cymru orchestral projects.
The German-born...
9th September 2024
Last month Mark Langley began his new role as Principal of The Scottish Institute of Theatre, Dance, Film and Television. Here he recounts his journey from ardent opera fan to conservatoire leader.
4th September 2024
LUCY DAVIES has been appointed Chief Executive of Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival.
Davies, who will take up the post in the new year, joins the venue and festival from her current role as Executive Director at the Young Vic Theatre, London.
Prior to this, Davies spent nine years as Executive Producer at London’s Royal Court Theatre, and before that was the founding Executive Producer at National Theatre Wales...
3rd September 2024
The National Opera Studio (NOS) has appointed opera director LUCY BRADLEY to the newly created role of Resident Director.
The new position has been created by the opera training organisation in order to further strengthen its teaching offer.
Bradley, who has worked as a director across the UK and Europe, will be responsible for assessing individual stagecraft skills throughout NOS's 2024/25 Young Artists’ Programme...