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Boyd and executive director Vikki Heywood to resign in 2012, starting a "slow and '

The duo led the Royal Shakespeare Company as a new artistic era and a new £ 112.8m theater in Stratford-upon-Avon, is to resign at the end of next year. Michael Boyd, artistic director of the company, and Vikki Heywood, Executive Director, will be at the same time to be announced.

According to Boyd: "I always said it would take 10 years to make a real difference in the life and soul of the company, and although 10 years is not sufficient to achieve what I wanted, it's time for me to move to the challenges of a new artistic director. "

Heywood said: "Michael and I decided to leave at the same time, because it's the right decision for the company is a start and slow, with a new progressive leadership.".

Boyd said: "The desire was to go on the calendar:. There will be 10 years next year since he was appointed, I would now like to spend more time with my actors. "

Boyd inherited an organization in crisis, with a current deficit of nearly 1.5 million pounds, and a demoralized staff. The renovation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford unsatisfactory was also supported. Rebuilt entire Act of CSR, establishing long term business within the company, to complete projects, including the 2006-8 cycle of stories, plays that saw the last eight British Shakespeare are played in order. And from 2006-7, the company organized a festival of work - every word written by playwright performed in Stratford in a year

In the last year the company celebrated its 50th anniversary and moved to the new Royal Shakespeare and Swan theaters in Stratford, and announced that he will lead a World Shakespeare Festival as part of L Cultural Olympiad next year. It also opened Matilda: The Musical, with music by Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's book, which is transferred to the West End on Tuesday

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