National Theatre of Scotland's Vicky Featherstone Becomes Artistic Director of The Royal Court in April 2013

Vicky Featherstone will replace Dominic Cooke as the Artistic Director of The Royal Court Theatre in London from April 2013, according to The Stage.

Featherstone told Matthew Hemley that “Under the brilliant leadership of Dominic Cooke the Royal Court has achieved phenomenal success and it is a great honour and privilege to be taking over from him as artistic director. Since I first became aware of the power of theatre to challenge and entertain, the Royal Court has been at the very forefront of my experience. In its tireless championing of the playwright as the centre of the creative process the Royal Court has created the environment for some of our greatest and bravest thinkers and talents to emerge.”

Vicky Featherstone is currently the Artistic Director and Chief Executive of The National Theatre of Scotland, where she directed the award-winning Black Watch.

Dominic Cooke announced he would be stepping down from the Royal Court in order to persue freelance projects earlier this year.

Read The Stage article here