Bristol Old Vic opens new season with celebration of culture and community

‘When you talk about belonging, you have to be inclusive’ … Nancy Medina at Bristol Old Vic. Photograph: Barbara Evripdou/First Avenue Photography

“All art is activism,” according to the new artistic director of Bristol Old Vic, Nancy Medina, who has set out a vision for England’s oldest continuously working theatre that centres on themes of community, belonging and a celebration of culture.

The New Yorker, a longtime theatre director and former artistic director of Bristol School of Acting, took over from Tom Morris this spring.