JONATHAN METH has taken over as Convenor of the MA in Writing for Perfomance and Dramaturgy at Goldsmiths University, London. He continues to curate The Fence, an international network of playwrights and cultural operators.
21st January 2014
16th January 2014
The National Portrait Gallery has announced the appointment of PHILLIP PRODGER, founding Curator of Photography at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, as Head of Photographs Collection. TERENCE PEPPER OBE, formerly Curator of Photographs, has a new part-time role as the Gallery’s Senior Special Advisor on Photographs.
DANNY BOYLE has been announced as a Patron of HOME, the new cultural hub and social space for Manchester, which opens in Spring 2015.
MICHAEL CROSS has been appointed as Director of White Rock Theatre in Hastings. He has spent the past 11 years as Artistic Director of the Key Theatre in Peterborough.
Blackpool Council and Wyre Council have appointed two Directors to lead on LeftCoast, a Creative People and Places project in the North West. JULIA TURPIN will be Executive Director and artist MICHAEL TRAINOR will be Artistic Director. Turpin was previously Director of ‘Contacting the World’, Contact Theatre’s international participatory project for young people.
Two of Festivals and Events International’s (FEI) Associate Directors are embarking on new roles alongside their consultancy work with the organisation. PAUL GUDGIN will be Director of the City of London Festival and NIGEL HINDS is joining ex LOCOG colleague JENNY WALDMAN as Executive Producer of the First World War Centenary Cultural Programme. SALLY ABBOTT, who until recently...
9th January 2014
Superact has announced ROBIN OSTERLEY as its new Interim Chair. Osterley spent 16 years as Chief Executive of Making Music and the National Federation of Music Societies, and was also Chair of the National Music Council.
ANDY BURDEN is the new Director of The Natural Theatre Company, appointed after a short period as its Development Director.
The Design Museum has announced the appointment of ZDENĚK BAKALA, a Czech-born businessman, investor and philanthropist, as a new member of its Board.
ISOBEL COLCHESTER has been appointed as Chief Operations Officer at Poet in the City.