Kwame Kwei-Armah to leave the Young Vic

I always thought of the Young Vic as doing a mix of new writing, revivals and classics, regardless of what it's founding mission was. During (I think) Lan's regime there were very good classic productions like The Glass Menagerie and Faustus, with a mix of American plays and new writing. He was apparently particularly proud of bringing more dance, opera and music to the programming. During the recent leadership there were successful reworked classics like Twelfth Night, Death of a Salesman and the American transferred Oklahoma. I am not sure a theatre could run solely on the brief of classics to young audiences - also something that other theatres like the NT and Orange Tree do as part of their remit.

"Everyone else". Ha ha. 

Best of Enemies & The Collaboration must be up there.

I suppose it depends on how you define success. I don't think transfers (and they had some of those) are the only way to define it. A play like The Convert, a flawed but interesting play by a writer new to me at least, got mainly 4 and 5 star reviews, had a great cast and I was glad I saw it. My daughter and I both thought Jesus Hopped the A Train was a theatre-going highlight of that year - beautifully directed and performed, with a richness of language you don't always see on the stage. I thought both of those were more interesting plays than Best of Enemies, which did transfer.

Oklahoma, Best of enemies and Salesman - I'm sure would of all hit the West End without the young vics intervention. Just look at the names attached? Looking at some of the dregs currently playing in the westend is a transfer a sign of quality ? Not really but it's good for the coffers

Nadia Fall seems like a solid choice, will be interesting who replaces her at Stratford East.

I find it interesting that recent AD appointments are also chief executives of the theatres themselves. I would have thought it would be better to have those roles separate.

She isn’t David Lan

I hope she does a better job than her time at Stratford

I'm not sure how successful her time at Stratford was. She went there with a stated goal to change it from being a theatre focused primarily on the local community to one with a broader eye to becoming East London's equivalent of the Almeida or the Bush. It had been in financial difficulty and it needed a bit of a turnaround so she did change its artistic direction, smarten it up and increase its prices. It hasn't been on my radar much in the last few years.

Good interview from The Stage when she was appointed at TRSE talking about her goals for the theatre, others can judge how successful she was (paywall):
www.thestage.co.uk/features/theatre-royal-stratford-easts-nadia-fall-change-is-uncomfortable-but-you-have-to-reinvent-and-not-stagnate

I’m neutral on her appointment. I’ve never seen anything she’s directed, or written, and nothing she’s programmed at Stratford has made me venture out there but based on her interviews she follows the recent trend of subsidised theatres slightly prioritising more mainstream commercial programming.