Nadia Fall

Nadia Fall is a playwright and theatre and film director. From 2025, she is the artistic director and joint-chief executive of the Young Vic Theatre.

Early life

She was born to south Asian parents in Southwark, London and raised in and around London as well as in the Middle East.{{cite web|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/stratford-east-nadia-fall-young-vic-theatre-kwame-kwei-armah-b1159225.html|website=Evening Standard|accessdate=19 January 2025|title= Stratford East boss Nadia Fall takes over at Young Vic theatre|first=Robert|last=Dex|date=21 May 2024}} She trained in directing at Goldsmiths College, University of London and on the National Theatre Studio’s directors programme.{{cite web|first=Matthew|last=Hemley|date=21 May 2024|title= Young Vic appoints Nadia Fall as artistic director|website=The Stage|accessdate=19 January 2025|url= https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/young-vic-appoints-nadia-fall-as-artistic-director}}

Career

=Theatre=

As a theatre director at the Royal National Theatre her plays included directing The Doctor’s Dilemma in 2012. and writing and directing Home in 2013.{{cite web|date=12 August 2013|title= Writer-director Nadia Fall on Home, her National Theatre play about the young and homeless|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/writerdirector-nadia-fall-on-home-her-national-theatre-play-about-the-young-and-homeless-8737677.html|website=Evening Standard|accessdate=19 January 2025}}{{cite web|website=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-23599713.amp|title=

Home at National Theatre shines light on homelessness|accessdate=19 January 2025|date=27 August 2013}} She also directed Chewing Gum Dreams by Michaela Coel and Inua Ellams’ adaptation of Three Sisters. She was an associate at the National between 2015 and 2018. She also worked with London's Hampstead Theatre and Bush Theatre, where she directed Taylor Mac's Hir.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2017/nadia-fall-joins-theatre-royal-stratford-east-artistic-director/|title=Nadia Fall joins Theatre Royal Stratford East as artistic director - News - The Stage|date=14 June 2017|accessdate=19 January 2025}}

She joined Theatre Royal Stratford East as artistic director in 2017. The productions she directed at Stratford East include August Wilson’s King Hedley II starring Sir Lenny Henry and a large-scale production of Noye's Fludde in collaboration with the English National Opera, which won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera.{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Wood|date=21 May 2024|title= Nadia Fall announced as new artistic director of the Young Vic|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/nadia-fall-announced-as-new-artistic-director-of-the-young-vic_1602023/|website=Whats on Stage|accessdate=19 January 2025}} Her programming highlights included a hit revival of Equus, which won three Off-West End Awards in 2020, including Best Production, and later transferred to the West End.{{Cite web|url=https://offies.london/2020-awards/|title=2020 Awards Ceremony – the Offies|website=Offies.London|accessdate=19 January 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/nadia-fall-named-new-artistic-director-of-londons-young-vic|website=Playbill|accessdate=19 January 2025|title= Nadia Fall Named New Artistic Director of London's Young Vic|first=Andrew|last=Gans|date=21 May 2024}}

In 2024, she was announced to be succeeding Kwame Kwei-Armah in January 2025 as the artistic director and joint-chief executive of the Young Vic Theatre.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/may/21/young-vic-theatre-nadia-fall-new-artistic-director-kwame-kwei-armah|website=The Guardian|title= Young Vic theatre announces Nadia Fall as new artistic director|date=21 May 2024|accessdate=19 January 2025}}

=Film=

The world premiere of her debut feature-length film Brides occurred at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.{{cite web|url= https://theplaylist.net/25-most-anticipated-sundance-film-festival-2025-premieres-20250117/4/|website=The Playlist.net|accessdate=19 January 2025|title= 25 Most Anticipated Sundance Film Festival 2025 Premieres

|first=Gregory |last=Ellwood|date=January 17, 2025}}{{cite web|title= Bankside Films says yes to Nadia Fall debut 'Brides' (exclusive)|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/bankside-films-says-yes-to-nadia-fall-debut-brides-exclusive/5190587.article|website=Screen Daily|accessdate=19 January 2025|date=15 February 2024}}