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3 unusual facts about New Vic Theatre


Alecky Blythe

Her newest play Have I Been All My Life? opened at the New Vic Theatre in April 2012.

New Vic Theatre

The first production of a play by Peter Terson took place there in 1964; he was writer in residence for 18 months and wrote in all 22 plays for the Victoria.

In 1998 Peter Cheeseman retired as Artistic Director, and was succeeded by Gwenda Hughes.


Joanna Read

More recently, she has worked as a freelance director and writer for Edinburgh Festival Theatre, the Young Vic London, the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle Under Lyme, The Watermill West Berkshire Playhouse, The Mill at Sonning and the Watford Palace Theatre, amongst others.


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