Jerwood Trainee Assistant Director opportunity: The Collective

The opportunity

The Trainee Assistant Director role provides an opportunity for a director or theatre maker to gain experience working on a show at the Young Vic. The opportunity to support and observe the director in rehearsals, previews, and run of a show will provide the Trainee Assistant Director with the experience of the workings of the rehearsal room, the relationships between the creative team, the craft of the actor, and the process of making a show from first day of rehearsals through to opening night. They will have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience in a supported environment working alongside a director on a professional production. 

We hope the chance to observe a rehearsal and production process of a show will give the Trainee the confidence to apply for assistant director roles, either at the Young Vic or elsewhere.

The Collective

Neighbourhood Theatre Company is launching The Collective: 50 participants from Lambeth and Southwark who will create an epic new show from scratch, which will be staged at the Young Vic in January 2025. 

From June 2024, The Collective will meet weekly for eight months. Led by director Michelle Payne and supported by creative consultants, members of the group will collaborate in learning key skills in devising, curation, design, and the building blocks to creating a show.

With commitment, community and collaboration as the central focus, the group will embark on this chapter with openness and creativity. At the start of the process we will pose the question: “What does co-creation look like when we interrogate the traditional conventions of making multi-disciplinary art that centres creative exploration and joy?”

How to apply

For more information on the opportunity and to express an interest, please download a recruitment pack below. Plain text, screen reader, large print, and dyslexia-friendly text versions, and an audio version of the recruitment pack are available. 

Applications open on Tuesday 16 April, and close at noon on Tuesday 7 May.

If you have any questions, or need assistance with the application process, please email Khánh Hạ Nguyễn, Creators Program Administrator on opportunitiescreatorsprogram@youngvic.org.