Rufus Norris has announced he is to quit British theatre’s top job — leaving as artistic director and chief executive of the National Theatre in 2025 and describing his stint in charge as “the most challenging time in our history”.
The director, who steered the Southbank institution through the Covid crisis, brought stars including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Olivia Colman, Anne-Marie Duff and Cate Blanchett to its stage after taking over in 2015.
