Ruth Mackenzie
Ruth Mackenzie, CBE, (born July 1957) was artistic director of the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris,[1] and a former director of Holland Festival.[2] Before, she has served as the general director of Scottish Opera. She is a former drama officer for the Arts Council, and was executive director of Nottingham Playhouse from 1990 until 1997, when she joined Scottish Opera. She was Artistic Director of the Chichester Festival Theatre from 2003 to 2005 alongside Steven Pimlott and Martin Duncan. Mackenzie was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire in 1995.[3] She was director of the London 2012 Festival, the official cultural programme of the London 2012 Olympics[4] for which she was appointed a CBE.[5] On 28 August 2020 it was announced that Théâtre Du Châtelet had fired Ruth Mackenzie as artistic director.
References[]
- ^ Ruth Mackenzie hits out at 'brutal' dismissal from Paris’s Châtelet theatre on The Guardian
- ^ Sulcas, Roslyn (2017-01-04). "Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris Gets Its First Female Artistic Director". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ Women rise to the top of the bill in arts jobs. James Morrison, The Independent, 14 June 2003. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ Charlotte Higgins. "Ruth Mackenzie to become Cultural Olympiad director | Chalrotte Higgins | Culture". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
- ^ Tripney, Natasha (2015-04-02). "Ruth Mackenzie: 'A festival should be a place for everyone to go a bit wild' | Features". The Stage. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
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