A paid opportunity to assist on a Young Vic show
Learning from experienced artists by assisting is a vital chance to develop skills and understanding. Equally, having the chance to spend time in a theatre and understand how the various departments work together is also an important aspect of an artist's knowledge. Each year we provide five assistantships which include a residency at the Young Vic and an attachment to a production. The programme will include:
- An assistantship on a Young Vic production or co-production
- A two-week tailored placement observing day to day running of the theatre, attending planning and management meetings and spending time in departments such as marketing, production and development
- The opportunity to devise and lead two peer-led projects for the Genesis Network
Each assistant will receive a fee to cover their placement and assistantship on a production.
Recent Jerwood Assistant Directors include:
- Annie Kershaw, Best of Enemies
- Zoe Templeman-Young, Hamlet
- Khadifa Wong, Changing Destiny
- David Furlong, Orfeus: A House Music Opera
- Julia Levai, Nora: A Doll’s House
- Robert Awosusi, Fairview
- Monique Touko and Emily Ling, Blood Wedding
- Munotida Chinyanga, Tree
- Emerald Crankson, Death of a Salesman
- Seif Abdel Salam, Jesus Hopped The A Train
- Mina Barber, The Convert
- Eva Sampson, Twelfth Night
- Leo J. Skilbeck, Fun Home
- Sadie Spencer, The Inheritance
- Nicole Charles, The Jungle
- Anna Poole, Wings
- Natalie Denton, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Assistantships are a key part of the Young Vic’s Jerwood Artist Development Pathway. This Pathway is generously supported by the Jerwood Developing Artists Fund.
