| NUNN | Trevor --, Peter Hall's successor as artistic director of the RSC |
| JONATHANHOLLOWAY | Who as Artistic Director of the 2016 Melbourne Festival wrote, "A festival is a love letter to its c |
| IMPRESARIO | One represented Rome and Paris, as artistic director |
| AMERICANBALLETTHEATRE | Where 32/34-Across spent most of his career (as artistic director, 1980-2002) |
| BOYD | Novelist who wrote The Lemon Farm, The Picnic, The Cardboard Crown and When Blackbirds Sing ; or, the artistic director of the RSC from 2003-12 (4) |
| TREVOR | ___ Nunn, the second artistic director of the RSC (6) |
| OLDTIMES | Harold Pinter play, first performed by the RSC in 1971, directed by Peter Hall (3,5) |
| EDGAR | Principal character in Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor; or, the dramatist who adapted Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to stage for the RSC (5) |
| BOYLE | Danny ---, filmmaker who was the artistic director of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games (5) |
| KARENKAIN | Artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada (5,4) |
| TREVORNUNN | Theatre director; ex-artistic director of the Royal National Theatre (6,4) |
| TERRYHANDS | English theatre director who founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and ran the RSC for 13 years |
| RUTHMACKENZIE | Who left the position of Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival to take up a position in the SA Government, making way for Brett Sheehy to step into the post as 2025 Director? (4,9) |
| RICHARDALSTON | British choreographer who was the artistic director of the Rambert Dance Company from 1986-92 (7,6) |
| VONKARAJAN | Herbert, conductor who was the artistic director of the Vienna State Opera from 1957-64 (3,7) |
| VIRGINIAGAY | Who is the Artistic Director of the 2025 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, June 5-21? (8,3) |
| OLIVIER | English actor, first artistic director of the National Theatre (7) |
| RYLANCE | Mark ?, Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre in London from 1995-2005 (7) |
| KELLY | Jude ?, Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre, London, from 2006-18 |
| ALSTON | Richard, artistic director of the Rambert Dance Company 1986-92 (6) |
