SOPHIE FULLERLOVE is leaving the position of General Manager at Forest Forge Theatre Company to become Director at The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre in Havant. She is replaced by NICOLA CARTLIDGE, previously of Creation Theatre in Oxford.
14th December 2012
10th December 2012
Andrew Dixon will step down as Chief Executive of Creative Scotland in January 2013, where he has run the organisation since its inception in 2010. Expressing disappointment that he failed to gain respect and support from some established voices in Scottish culture and acknowledging recent tensions between artists and the funding body, he said: “I have, however, also received much support and generosity of spirit from people in the arts and...
3rd December 2012
BRENDAN KEANEY has been appointed as Artistic Director and Chief Executive of DanceEast. He is currently Director of Greenwich Dance.
REBECCA STOREY is leaving her role as Senior Press and PR Officer at The Globe Theatre to join The Corner Shop PR as a Publicist.
Craftspace has appointed LOUISE EVANS as Operations and Development Manager. She has previously worked as Artistic Director at New Brewery Arts in Gloucestershire and takes over from LINDA STRAIN, who held the role for over 16 years.
Edinburgh International Festival has appointed ROY LUXFORD as its new Planning and Operations Director. He has previously worked as Executive Director for Cheek by Jowl and the Michael Clark Company
BETSY GREGORY will step down from her role as Artistic Director of Dance Umbrella in autumn 2013. She will have spent 16 years with the company, seven of them in her current role.
Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House TONY HALL will be the new Director General of the BBC. An ex-Head of BBC News, he is expected to take-up the position in March.
Buxton Festival has appointed RANDALL SHANNON as its Executive Director. He has previously worked as an Arts Manager and Consultant to a variety of arts organisations and film and television companies. He joins the team with new Director of Fundraising DAVID HEUGH; LIZ MACKENZIE who has been appointed as PR and Press Manager; and ROBBIE CARNEIGIE, the new Marketing & Web Manager.
JO COWAN is leaving Quay Arts on the Isle of Wight, where she has been Director for the past two years and was Deputy Director before that.