22nd August 2024
SUSANNAH STEVENSON has been announced as Festival Director and Chief Executive of the Canterbury Festival.
Stevenson joins the annual two-week celebration of classical music, physical theatre and more from Charleston Festival, where she is Artistic Director.
Prior to Charleston, an annual 10-day interdisciplinary festival of books, arts and ideas, Stevenson was Cultural Events Producer for the British Library.
...21st August 2024
Norfolk & Norwich Festival has appointed RICHARD ROSS, Director of investment firm Chadwicks, as its new Chair.
The annual international festival celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2022, making it the longest-running single-city arts festival in the country. It also has a year-round programme for children and young people.
Ross takes over as chair from BRENDA ARTHUR, who is stepping down after...
HighTide theatre company has announced the appointment of ALAN BOOKBINDER as Chair of the Board. He succeeds TIM CLARK who will step down in the autumn.
The former master of Downing College, Cambridge, Bookbinder has a long-held passion for supporting new talent. His career includes senior roles at the BBC and Sainsburys’ Charitable Trusts, and chairing the Trusts and Foundations sub-committee of the...
19th August 2024
New Forest-based theatre company Forest Forge has announced a refreshed leadership team and board members.
LUCY PHILLIPS and JO BILLINGHAM will take over as the company's new co-Artistic Directors, supported for an interim year by consultant and producer SOPHIE FULLERLOVE, who takes on the role of Business Manager....
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), which relaunched this year from 15-21 August, has announced three new Trustees.
Additionally, current Trustee, producer AMY JACKSON, has become vice Chair.
The new board members are: TERESA MONEO, Director of UK Film, Netflix; ISLA MACGILLIVRAY, Partner at chartered accountants Saffery; and ROMANA RAMZAN, Producer at...
The Reading Agency, the national charity committed to empowering people of all ages to read, has appointed two new board members: BARONESS SANDERSON and MAUREEN CORISH.
PAUL KELLY, Chair of The Reading Agency, said the pair's “combined expertise in public policy, libraries, and media communications will be invaluable as we continue to champion the transformative power of reading across the...
15th August 2024
Arts Council of Wales has named CATRYN RAMASUT as Director of Arts, who will take up the newly created post in October this year.
Ramasut has been Co-founder and Managing Director of ie Productions since 2006, producing content showcasing Welsh Culture.
She serves as Chair of Creative Wales, is a board member of the Chapter Arts Centre Wales’s representative on the Department of Culture Media and Sport's Creative...
14th August 2024
ERIN GAVAGHAN is leaving theatre company Clean Break after six years as Executive Director and joint CEO to become the Managing Director at the Canadian College of Performing Arts.
Gavaghan joined the company, which uses theatre to help women who have experienced or are at risk of entering the criminal justice system, in 2018 alongside Artistic Directors ANNA HERRMANN and RÓISÍN MCBRINN,...
Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has announced that TIM ARTHUR will stand down from his role as Chief Executive at the end of this year.
RAD said Arthur's decision to depart had been “incredibly difficult” given his "deep commitment to and vision for the organisation". It said he is leaving to "prioritise family responsibilities that require his full attention".
Arthur joined RAD in March 2022 following executive roles...
13th August 2024
Freedom Festival Arts Trust has named PHIL HARGREAVES as its new Festival Director and KAREN HALL as Chair of the Board of Directors.
The 2024 edition of Freedom Festival, which is an annual music and performance arts festival in Hull, will run from 28 August to 1 September.
Hargreaves will officially join the team on 2 September, while Hall has already taken up post.
An award-winning...