Nadia Fall

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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

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She was born to south Asian parents in Southwark, London and raised in and around London as well as in the Middle East.[1][2] She trained in directing at Goldsmiths College, University of London and on the National Theatre Studio’s directors programme.[3]

Career

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Theatre

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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.[4][5] 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.[1][6] She also worked with London's Hampstead Theatre and Bush Theatre, where she directed Taylor Mac's Hir.[7]

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.[1][6] 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.[8][9]

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.[1]

The world premiere of her debut feature-length film Brides occurred at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.[10][11]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2025 Brides Director

References

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