The Old Vic and Laurence Olivier as its stars, performing mainly at the New Theatre (now the Noël Coward Theatre) until the Old Vic was ready to reopen in 1950. In 1946, an offshoot of the company was established in Bristol as the Bristol Old Vic. In 1963, the Old Vic company was dissolved and the new National Theatre Company, under the artistic direction of Lord Olivier, was based at the Old Vic until its own building was opened on the South Bank near Waterloo Bridge in 1976. In July 1974 the Old Vic presented a rock concert for the first time. National
Gordon Anderson (director) Gordon Anderson (director) Gordon Anderson is a British television director, best known for his work on "Lovesick", "Shameless", "Fresh Meat" and "The Inbetweeners". He began his career in the theatre, directing at many of the UK's theatre and opera companies including the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court, Bristol Old Vic, Manchester Royal Exchange, Scottish Opera and English Touring Opera. He was Artistic Director of ATC (2001-07) where he commissioned, developed and directed new plays and new translations of contemporary international plays which toured throughout the UK. He trained as a television director at the BBC