Kenneth Tynan theatre critic until mid-1963 when he joined the National Theatre. In 1963, Laurence Olivier became the British National Theatre Company's first artistic director. Tynan had been highly dismissive of Olivier's achievements as artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre, which had opened in 1962, but he recommended himself for the role of literary manager. Olivier was initially outraged by Tynan's presumption but Olivier's wife, Joan Plowright, convinced him that Tynan would be an asset at the National Theatre Company, then based at the Old Vic theatre. When he became the National Theatre's literary manager, Tynan ceased to be the theatre
Jonathan Holloway (artistic director) Jonathan Holloway (artistic director) Jonathan Holloway (born 15 January 1970) is an artistic director and theatre director. Originally from Sheffield in the north of England, he is currently the artistic director of Melbourne Festival. Previously he established the National Theatre's "Watch This Space" Festival, was artistic director and chief executive of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and most recently the artistic director of the Perth International Arts Festival., which culminated with "The Giants" by Royal de Luxe, one of the largest arts events ever staged in Australia Holloway grew up in Sheffield in the north of England. He studied drama