A paid opportunity to work as a trainee assistant on a Young Vic show
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 is to support the assistant director in rehearsals, previews and run of a show will provide the trainee assistant director 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 an assistant director and director on a professional production.
Recent Jerwood Trainee Assistant Directors include:
- Yanni Ng (untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play)
- Tia-zakura Camilleri (Beneatha's Place)
- Vivek Sharma (Sundown Kiki: Reloaded)
- Olamide Ajisafe (TRIBE)
- Nathanael Campbell (Passing Strange)
Trainee Assistant Directors are recruited on a show-by-show basis.
We are currently recruiting a Trainee Assistant Director for The Collective, a Taking Part project, directed by Michelle Payne in collaboration with the company. Applications open on 16 April 2024 and close on 7 May 2024. For more information and to apply, please visit the link below.
Traineeships are a key part of the Young Vic’s Jerwood Artist Development Pathway. This Pathway is generously supported by the Jerwood Developing Artists Fund.
