Does Jude Kelly know what she’s got herself in for, running South Bank’s artistic offerings? “So anxious were the Board to get her initials on a contract that they have allowed her to carry on directing shows elsewhere, a license that will eat into her time at the desk. Still, look on the bright side: making plays will give her interactive access to the artists she needs to enliven the South Bank, and it will signal that the centre at last has a creative director who can do something more than sign off budgets and dine for England. It will be no small plus if she also feels a sneaking need to outshine Nick Hytner’s rampantly autonomous National across the Waterloo Bridge, giving the South Bank a novel will to win.”