Nicholas Hytner to join the board of the RSC

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced that Nicholas Hytner is joining their Board.

He will formally take up the position at the Company’s AGM in Stratford-upon-Avon later today, 28 September 2023.

Nick Hytner, who was Director of the National Theatre from 2003 to 2015, is Artistic Director of London Theatre Company, which runs the Bridge Theatre in London. The Bridge is currently running his acclaimed revival of Guys and Dolls.

Hytner and business partner Nick Starr also run the Lightroom in King’s Cross through their London Theatre Company alongside 59 Productions. This flexible space that was originally slated to be a theatre, and the venue currently hosts immersive art exhibition David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away), booking to 3 December 2023. It will then host new Tom Hanks-narrated project The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks.

Nicholas Hytner said in a statement: “I am honoured and delighted to be joining the Board of the RSC as its new Co-Artistic Directors take the helm, and I am looking forward to what I am sure will be an exciting future”.

Chair of the Board Shriti Vadera said: “I am excited to welcome Nick to the Board. His exceptional experience will add huge value to the Board and to the next phase of the Company’s future under new artistic leadership”.

The RSC’s highlights for their last financial year April 2022 to April 2023 include opening their multi-award winning production of My Neighbour Totoro, which is back in London at the Barbican Theatre this November.

In September 2022 the RSC announced the appointment of Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey as their new co-artistic directors, replacing acting artistic director Erica Whyman. The pair started at the RSC in June this year.

Alongside My neighbour Totoro, RSC productions in London include long-runner Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre; and forthcoming transfers Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre – which opens later this week, 30 September; and The Empress, coming to the Lyric Hammersmith from 4 October 2023.

Guys and Dolls is booking to 24 February 2024 at the Bridge Theatre.

Links:

RSC - Annual Report 2022-2023