A chance to work as an associate director at the Young Vic
The Genesis Fellowship, a two-year grant supported by the Genesis Foundation, enables the recipient to develop their craft as a theatre director whilst working closely with the Young Vic’s Artistic Director.
Opportunities whilst in post include supporting the theatre’s programming and artistic planning, contributing to the work of the Young Vic’s Creators Program and mentoring Genesis Future Directors Award recipients. The Genesis Foundation supports the Genesis Fellowship, the Genesis Network and the Genesis Future Directors Award at the Young Vic.
Previous Genesis Fellows include:
- Gbolahan Obisesan
- Natalie Abrahami
- Carrie Cracknell
- Joe Hill-Gibbins
- Nadia Latif
- Jennifer Tang
Our current Genesis Fellow is Taio Lawson.
As Director, selected credits include: Hamilton (Resident Director, London), An Unfinished Man (Yard Theatre), NW Trilogy (Kiln Theatre), Hang (Sheffield Crucible), White Devil (East15), Home - Installation (Young Vic)
Taio Lawson was previously Associate Director of Kiln Theatre (2019-2022).
He was also RTYDS Resident Director at Sheffield Theatres where he collaborated on Love and Information, Frost/Nixon, The Wizard of Oz and Desire Under The Elms.
He was Jerwood Assistant Director on Life of Galileo at the Young Vic and Resident Director at the Almeida Theatre, working on Oil and They Drink It in the Congo.
Taio is on the board for PiPA (Parents in the Performing Arts) which was created by actor Cassie Raine and director Anna Ehnold-Danailov in 2016, to address a lack of provision for parents and carers in the performing arts. Their research reflects the case that those with caring responsibilities are fundamentally disadvantaged, whilst demonstrating that integrating this workforce improves any artistic organisation’s creativity and productivity.
He was also a patron for COMMON which was a non-profit arts organisation that existed to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity, and make theatre more accessible to the working-class; whether they be artists, audiences or communities.
The Genesis Fellowship is made possible by
