The Latest Breaking News from The Old Vic

Susan Sarandon 'nervous but excited' to make UK stage debut

Susan Sarandon is "terrified but excited" to be making her UK stage debut in Mary Page Marlowe later this year.

BANG Premier · Jul 1, 2025

Susan Sarandon ‘terrified but excited’ to make UK theatrical debut in September

The Oscar winner will appear alongside Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough when they play the same character at different ages in Tracy Letts’ play Mary Page Marlowe

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2025

Gawn Grainger obituary

Actor, playwright and screenwriter who was a stalwart of the National Theatre under Laurence Olivier

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2025

Oedipus at the Old Vic review: Bewildering chaos with Rami Malek strangely mannered

3/5 Rami Malek seems like he’s on a different planet is this bewildering but oddly compelling production

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025

Joan Plowright was a dynamic force for change in British theatre

The remarkable actor symbolised a radical new generation to her husband Laurence Olivier’s theatrical establishment

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025

Rupert Goold is an audacious innovator. He will make waves at the Old Vic

Having worked his magic as director of the Almeida theatre, the gifted Goold is bound for greater glories: the National had better watch out

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024

Rupert Goold to join The Old Vic as artistic director after leaving the Almeida

Goold oversaw productions such as Tammy Faye, Spring Awakening, Richard III, Patriots, King Charles III and Ink at the Almeida

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2024

Rupert Goold named as next artistic director of Old Vic

Goold says he is seeking new challenge after more than a decade in charge at the Almeida theatre

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024

The Old Vic announces Rupert Goold as new artistic director

Goold said he will be joining with ‘excitement and trepidation’

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024

A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic review: a joyful, bravura piece of stagecraft

4/5 This show tugs shamelessly but unsentimentally on the heartstrings, and its message is just as potent as ever

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2024