She will join the company in January 2025, succeeding Kwame Kwei-Armah as both Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive.
Beginning her role in January 2025, she will succeed Kwame Kwei-Armah who steps down from the role following his final production, A Face in the Crowd, in September. In addition, she will lead the company together with Executive Director Lucy Davies who also becomes Joint Chief Executive.
During her career, Nadia Fall has has been Artistic Director of Stratford East since 2017 and was previously Associate at the National Theatre from 2015 to 2018. Her debut feature film Brides is in post production and was chosen for the Great8 platform of British films at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
During her time at Stratford East, her programming highlights have included: a hit revival of Equus which transferred to the West End in her first season, August Wilson’s King Hedley II starring Sir Lenny Henry which she also directed, and new collaborations including a large-scale production of Noye’s Fludde with English National Opera, bringing together 200 young people and which received the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera.
Meanwhile, at the National Theatre she wrote and directed the critically acclaimed HOME, and directed further productions including Chewing Gum Dreams written and performed by Michaela Coel, The Suicide, Our Country’s Good and DARA amongst others. She returned to the National in 2019 to direct Inua Ellams’ adaptation of Three Sisters.
Talking about the news she said: “ I am thrilled to be leading the team at a theatre where I was first taken into the fold as a young student director when Associate Artistic Director Sue Emmas watched the first night of the very first show I ever directed in a pub theatre in Kennington. It’s one of life’s full circle moments and I cannot wait to get started.”
Meanwhile Glenn Earl, Chair of the Board commented: “I am thrilled that Nadia will join us as our next Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive alongside Lucy Davies, our brilliant Executive Director. Nadia has a proven and long-standing record not only of theatre leadership, but also of significant artistic success, at the National Theatre, at Stratford East and as a freelance director. Critically, Nadia also shares our core Young Vic values of commitment to community and to broadening access to theatre and creative education.”
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