Nancy Medina

DIRECTOR

Nancy hails from Brooklyn, New York. She received her MA in Drama Directing from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she now returns as a visiting Acting tutor. She is based in Bristol and was co-Artistic Director of Bristol School of Acting until 2022.

Nancy was one of three recipients of the 2020/2021 National Theatre Sir Peter Hall Bursary.

Since March 2023 Nancy has held the post of Artistic Director at Bristol Old Vic Theatre.

AWARDS

RTST SIR PETER HALL DIRECTOR AWARD

TWO TRAINS RUNNING (2019) 

GENESIS FUTURE DIRECTOR’S AWARD

YELLOWMAN (2017)

EMERGING DIRECTOR PRIZE

STRAWBERRY & CHOCOLATE (2014)

THEATRE CREDITS

PRODUCTION

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Choir Boy

Bristol Old Vic

2023

Icarus

Bristol School of Acting

2022

Fefu and Her Friends

Bristol School of Acting

2022

The Darkest Part of the Night

Kiln Theatre

2022

Moreno

Theatre 503

2022

Trouble in Mind

National Theatre

2021

The Laramie Project

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

2020

Two Trains Running

Royal & Derngate/English Touring Theatre Tour

2019

Strange Fruit

Bush Theatre

2019

The Half God of Rainfall

Fuel & Kiln Theatre &Birmingham Rep

2019

Flesh

National Theatre Connections/Boomsatsuma

2019

Curried Goat and Fish Fingers

Bristol Old Vic

2018

Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

2018

When They Go Low

National Theatre Connections/Boomsatsuma

2018

Yellowman

Young Vic

2017

Rehearsed reading

Eclipsed

Missing Pieces

2017

Romeo and Juliet

GB Theatre Company, UK Tour

2016

As You Like It

GB Theatre Company, UK Tour

2016

Curried Goat and Fish Fingers

Bristol Old Vic

2016

Dogtag

Theatre West

2015

Hamlet (TIE)

Theatresaurus

2015

Assistant Director

The Tempest (TIE)

Theatresaurus

2015

Assistant Director

Strawberry & Chocolate

Tobacco Factory Theatres

2014

Et Tu Elvie

Xanadu Productions, Edinburgh Fringe Festival

2014

Dutchman

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

2014

Persistence of Memory

Butterfly Psyche, UK Tour, Rondo Theatre, Alma Tavern

2014

Macbeth / Comedy of Errors

GB Theatre Company, UK Tour

2014

Assistant Director

Untold Stories of Volunteering

New Vic Theatre, Oxford House

2014

Assistant Director

Sauce for the Goose

Redgrave Theatre, West Country Tour

2014

Assistant Director

The Wardrobe (NT Connections)

Salisbury Playhouse (Salberg Studio)

2014

Assistant Director

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe 

Redgrave Theatre

2013

Assistant Director

Dirty Stop Outs

Sanart Theatre Co.

2012

Co-Director

Bike

Butterfly Psyche

2012

Moby Dick

Dark Stuff Productions

2012

Co-Director

Headlines

Corner Theatre

2011

The Importance of Being Earnest

Redgrave Theatre

2011

Assistant Director

Savage in Limbo

Corner Theatre

2010

Matt & Ben

Samsara/Love Creek Productions

2007

Uzi Man

Developing Artists Theater Co.

2006

Straight Men in the West Village

Developing Artists Theater Co.

2005

Beyond the Horizon

Developing Artists Theater Co.

2004

Savage in Limbo

Theatre Studio Inc.

2003

TV & FILM CREDITS

PRODUCTIONVENUE/PRODUCERYEARNOTES

The Unanswered Question

Young Vic Films

2018

Sound of Tigers

The Sound Town Ltd.

2014

My Self In Other Lives

My Self In Other Lives

2013

*as Assistant Director

RADIO CREDITS

PRODUCTIONVENUE/PRODUCERYEARNOTES

Contractions

Christchurch Studios

2014


Gilbert Without Sullivan (Elixir of Love)

Christchurch Studios

2013

Assistant Director

Gilbert Without Sullivan (Wide Awake)

Christchurch Studios

2013

Assistant Director