Nadia Fall Unveils Bold Inaugural Season at London’s Young Vic

Young Vic‘s newly-appointed artistic director and CEO Nadia Fall has announced her inaugural season, marking a fresh chapter for the London theater with a provocative lineup spanning from September 2025 through July 2026.

The seven-production season features an array of timely reimaginings of classic works alongside U.K., European and world premieres across both the Main House and The Maria Studio spaces. Notably, six of the directors are making their Young Vic directorial debuts.

Fall will personally direct the season opener, Joe Orton’s queer cult classic “Entertaining Mr Sloane,” starring Tamzin Outhwaite (“Abigail’s Party”) and Daniel Cerqueira (“A Gentleman in Moscow”). The darkly comedic production kicks off Sept. 15 and runs through Nov. 8.

“I’m so excited to be directing Joe Orton’s audacious cult-classic,” Fall said. “I was particularly drawn to the way Orton calls us all out, in a world where humankind is demonstrating a scarcity of both humanity and kindness.”

The Main House calendar continues with the European premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer and Tony-nominated “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,” starring Olivier and BAFTA winner David Threlfall alongside Olivier nominee Arinzé Kene, Ammar Haj Ahmad and Hala Omran. Directed by Omar Elerian, this “high-octane” examination of war runs Dec. 2 through Jan. 31, 2026.

Rounding out the Main House offerings are Jordan Fein’s staging of Arthur Miller’s rarely performed “Broken Glass” (Feb. 21-April 18) and Alexander Zeldin’s U.K. premiere “Care,” a co-production with A Zeldin Company exploring aging and loss (May 11-July 11).

Meanwhile, The Maria Studio will be programmed as a space for experimental storytelling, beginning with “Ohio,” an intimate musical experience from Obie Award-winning duo The Bengsons. The production, directed by Caitlin Sullivan and produced by Francesca Moody Productions and piece by piece productions in association with the Young Vic, runs Sept. 30 through Oct. 24.

In December, The Maria will host “Museum of Austerity,” a mixed reality installation from theater/XR director Sacha Wares and Disability News Service editor John Pring, examining the human impact when “state safety nets fail.” The production, running Dec. 5 through Jan. 16, 2026, is an ETT, Trial and Error Studio, and National Theatre co-production presented in association with the Young Vic and supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

The season concludes with the world premiere of Sophie Swithinbank’s “Sting,” directed by Nancy Medina, which explores systemic injustice in institutions “sworn to protect us.” The production, running June 18 through July 18, is described by Fall as “a riveting new play” that exposes “disturbing misogyny within the police force.”

On the overall programming vision, Fall said: “It’s a season that invites us to hold a mirror up to ourselves and see the unflinching truth about who we really are. Behind closed doors, beyond curated online profiles, and painted smiles: it’s an interrogation of who we are, at our core.”

The 2025/2026 slate will also see the JMK Award return to the Young Vic, offering an early career director the opportunity to direct a full-scale professional play in the Maria Studio. Applications open in the fall.