We posted on Monday afternoon about David Tennant being on the panel to appoint the new Artistic Director of The Royal Shakespeare Company but an item in Baz Bamigboye's column today in the Daily Mail (reproduced above) says that he has recently joned the board of the RSC too.
However, the RSC website currently does not list him on the board.
In the past Baz Bamigboye has been a great source of information about the theatre and has often posted news before other sources have received it so it is quite possible that David's appointment to the RSC board has just not been updated to the RSC website yet.
Or possibly the RSC will be issuing a press release at a later date about their coup of having David Tennant joining their board.
Currently there is only one actor on the board. That is Noma Dumezweni who is also on the panel to decide Michael Boyd's successor as Artiststic Director. The other "15 non-salaried people, chosen for their skills and experience", as the RSC website describe the board, are mainly well-connected corporate people (e.g. accountants and chief executives) who have an interest in the arts.
The RSC website further explains that the board of the RSC "work closely with the RSC senior management team in leading and steering the company. Board members are drawn from a wider group of Governors. Governors act as advocates on our behalf and come from a wide range of backgrounds. They meet at least once a year at the Company's AGM, chaired by the President. The Prince of Wales is our President and Her Majesty the Queen is our Patron."
However, the RSC website currently does not list him on the board.
In the past Baz Bamigboye has been a great source of information about the theatre and has often posted news before other sources have received it so it is quite possible that David's appointment to the RSC board has just not been updated to the RSC website yet.
Or possibly the RSC will be issuing a press release at a later date about their coup of having David Tennant joining their board.
Currently there is only one actor on the board. That is Noma Dumezweni who is also on the panel to decide Michael Boyd's successor as Artiststic Director. The other "15 non-salaried people, chosen for their skills and experience", as the RSC website describe the board, are mainly well-connected corporate people (e.g. accountants and chief executives) who have an interest in the arts.
The RSC website further explains that the board of the RSC "work closely with the RSC senior management team in leading and steering the company. Board members are drawn from a wider group of Governors. Governors act as advocates on our behalf and come from a wide range of backgrounds. They meet at least once a year at the Company's AGM, chaired by the President. The Prince of Wales is our President and Her Majesty the Queen is our Patron."
