NICOLA OSMOND-EVANS is the new Press Manager for Rambert. Previously Senior PR Manager for English National Ballet, she replaces CAT MCNAUGHT who leaves after two and a half years in post.
18th September 2014
The Barbican Centre Trust has appointed Founder and Chief Executive of Redleaf PR EMMA KANE as its new Chairman. Kane has worked in corporate and financial PR for over 25 years and is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Board Director of Grange Park Opera.
Manchester’s new culture hub, HOME, has appointed KEVIN JAMIESON as Senior Producer: Theatre, and JASPER GILBERT as Technical Director and Head of Production. Jamieson leaves Harrogate Theatre, where he has been Executive Producer for the past ten years, while Gilbert steps down from his role as Production Manager at Nottingham Playhouse.
GEORGE SALLIS, Artistic Director of North London’s Lion and Unicorn Theatre, is stepping down after almost seven years in post. He will be replaced by the fringe theatre’s Executive Director, SIMON JAMES COLLIER.
11th September 2014
Former Culture Secretary CHRIS SMITH is stepping down from his position as Chair of the Donmar Warehouse after 13 years in post. It was announced in June that he will Chair the Art Fund.
KENNETH THARP OBE, Chief Executive of The Place, and sitar player and composer ANOUSHKA SHANKAR have become Patrons of Akademi South Asian Dance UK. Established 35 years ago, Akademi was housed at The Place in the 1990s.
The Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) has announced that LOUISE JEFFREYS, the Barbican’s Director of Arts, will be its new Chairman. She succeeds MARK WHITE, Regional Manager UK & Ireland for Electronic Theatre Controls.
The artist EMILIA TELESE has been selected for a Collaborative Doctorate Award devised by Warwick University and a-n, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The three-year research project will examine artist-led contributions to the cultural value agenda in order to develop theory, methods and policy insight.
Formerly of auction house Bonhams, where she was a specialist in modern and contemporary South Asian, Middle Eastern, and Turkish art, NOUR ASLAM has joined the team at the London art fair Art15. JONATHAN WATKINS, Director of Ikon Gallery, and AARON CEZAR, Founding Director of Delfina Foundation, will serve as curatorial advisors to the fair.
DAVID MCCLELLAN is the new Managing Director of European Operations for AudienceView. He has previously worked for Synchro Systems, Tickets.com and TicketHour.