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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Struggling theatres must ‘programme their way out’, says Young Vic director

Nadia Fall sitting in a theatre.
Nadia Fall took the helm at the Young Vic in 2025. Photograph: Courtesy of Neon Films/Rosamont

Theatres facing financial difficulty can only prosper by “programming their way out of it”, according to the Young Vic artistic director, Nadia Fall, who has announces her new slate of shows, including an anti-Trump musical version of Thelma & Louise.

Fall, who took the helm at the Young Vic in 2025 and oversaw staff cuts after a £500,000 deficit in the last financial year, said theatres must put on unmissable productions in order to balance the books.

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