Nick Starr

Nick Starr has been Executive Director of the National Theatre since 2002, working alongside Nicholas Hytner, Director of the NT.

During recent years the NT has played to record capacities and numbers of first-timer attendees, enabled particularly by the Travelex £10 season. The company has extended its touring and commercial production activities, with seasons on Broadway and in the West End; and has refurbished the NT Studio where new work is developed for the National's stages and beyond.

Nick was previously Executive Director of the Almeida Theatre and responsible for its expansion in the late nineties into touring, West End seasons, the conversion of Gainsborough Studios and Kings Cross, and started the refurbishment of the Islington theatre. Previous to that he ran his own production company, was Director of Warwick Arts Centre, and Head of Planning at the NT. 

He is Chairman of the Bush Theatre and is on the board of the Society of London Theatre. He runs the Step Change career development programme.