The new artistic director for Britain’s longest continuously running theatre has been named - and she said she feels ‘a great sense of awe and excitement’ to take on the role.
Nancy Medina is the first woman, and the first black Latinx woman, to take up the prestigious role as theatre director for the Bristol Old Vic, and will join the theatre full-time in the spring of 2023. She follows Tom Morris, who is stepping down after 12 years in the role.
As a theatre director Nancy Medina’s credits include Trouble in Mind at the National Theatre and Strange Fruit at the Bush Theatre. She’s currently directing a world premiere production of The Darkest Part of the Night by Zodwa Nyoni at the Kiln Theatre in north London. She has lived in Bristol for 14 years, and said it will be a great honour to run the oldest working theatre in Britain.
