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It was announced today that Rupert Goold will be taking over the Old Vic from 2026. Currently artistic director of the Almeida in north London, Goold is, to my mind, the best of his kind in the ...
Sir Mark Rylance is among a slew of left-wing luvvies to have signed a virtue-signalling open letter calling on the Old Vic theatre to axe a key sponsor linked to the fossil fuel industry. The ...
“Being the artistic director of The Old Vic has been one of my life’s greatest privileges and pleasures. It is without question my favourite theatre in the world,” sais Warchus.
He was appointed CBE for services to drama in 2017. At The Old Vic, Rupert directed the world premiere of Mike Bartlett ’s The 47th in 2022.
The Old Vic has announced the world premiere of The Brightening Air, a new play written and directed by Olivier Award winner Conor McPherson (The Weir, The Seafarer). The new production will see ...
Rupert Goold has been announced as the next artistic director of the Old Vic, set to take over in 2026. Goold, an award-winning director, has served as artistic director of the Almeida Theatre since ...
The Brightening Air London Old Vic Theatre Waterloo Road, London SE1 9NB, London, EN SYNOPSIS: The family home is more than merely a building.
The Old Vic has announced Simon Warshaw as the new Chair of The Old Vic's Board of Trustees. Simon will succeed Nick Clarry who joined the Board in 2012 and has led the Trustees since 2014.
Hampered by an overly haughty Toby Stephens, The Old Vic’s last production, in 2012, left the audience itself feeling decidedly unmoved. But this one, nimbly directed by Max Webster and with a simply ...
Is it a dance piece with added text, or a stripped down play with excess choreography? The opening scene of the Old Vic’s Oedipus is dominated by a giant backdrop of a skull-like face, eyes shut and ...
In court documents seen by the PA news agency, Mr Cannon alleges that Mr Spacey, who was a “powerful figure and a world-famous actor and celebrity” at the time, assaulted him in about June 2013, when ...