Ex-Strictly judge Dame Darcey Bussell DBE will become the first female chair of the board of trustees at Theatre Royal Plymouth. Dame Darcey, who was principal of the Royal Ballet for nearly 20 years, will take over from Nick Buckland OBE.
She said she and her husband had “established a new base in Plymouth” over the last few months.
The former judge on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing said she first danced at the theatre 30 years ago. Dame Darcey thanked Buckland, who steps down after 13 years, for his “exceptional leadership”, which had taken the theatre on a “bold and ambitious path to augment its position as one of the country’s leading theatres”.