Rufus Norris is new National Theatre artistic director
National Theatre announces that Rufus Norris will follow Nicholas Hytner as head of Britain's leading theatre companyRufus Norris, it was announced today, will follow in the footsteps of Laurence Olivier, Richard Eyre and Nicholas Hytner as the next artistic director of the National Theatre.He may not be a household name with the glitz that Hytner brought with him when he took on the role a dozen years ago, but Norri…