{{Short description|British playwright and director}} thumb|Nadia Fall '''Nadia Shehzi Fall''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} 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.<ref name="fall"/><ref>{{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}}</ref> She trained in directing at Goldsmiths College, University of London and on the National Theatre Studio’s directors programme.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="fall"/><ref name="nadia"/> She also worked with London's Hampstead Theatre and Bush Theatre, where she directed Taylor Mac's ''Hir''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/nadia-fall-joins-theatre-royal-stratford-east-as-artistic-director|title=Nadia Fall joins Theatre Royal Stratford East as artistic director - News - The Stage|date=14 June 2017|access-date=19 January 2025}}</ref>
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.<ref name="fall"/><ref name="nadia">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://offies.london/2020-awards/|title=2020 Awards Ceremony – the Offies|website=Offies.London|accessdate=19 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="fall">{{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}}</ref>
===Film=== The world premiere of her debut feature-length film ''Brides'' occurred at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.<ref name="brides">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2025 | ''Brides'' | Director | |- |}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|nm11621243}}
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