Jerwood Assistant Director opportunities: A Face in the Crowd and The Little Foxes

The opportunity

The Young Vic is committed to providing opportunities for directors and theatre makers to develop their craft and to expand their knowledge and practice. 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 to understand how the departments work together to produce work is also an important aspect of a director and theatre maker’s knowledge.

Each year, the Assistant Director Scheme, supported by Jerwood Arts, will aim to provide up to five assistant directorships, which include an assistantship on a production and additional opportunities.  

The scheme provides the assistant director with:

• An assistantship at the Young Vic
• A two-week placement at the Young Vic, observing day to day running of the theatre, attending planning and management meetings and spending time in departments such as Marketing & Audiences, Production, and Development
• The opportunity to devise and lead one peer-led project for the Genesis Network
• A chance to work with the Taking Part department on workshops for schools and colleges inspired by the production
• A small pot of money to see shows

Assistantships on a production

We will soon be recruiting Jerwood Assistant Directors for:

• A Face in the Crowd, book by Sarah Ruhl, music and lyrics by Elvis Costello, directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah
• The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman, directed by Lyndsey Turner 

How to apply

We are taking expressions of interest for both roles simultaneously, in the hope that this will reduce the amount of work for applicants as we recognise these processes are time intensive.

To find out more and express an interest on each role, please download a recruitment pack from the bottom of this page. Plain text, large print, screen reader, dyslexia-friendly, and audio versions of the information are available. 

Applications open on Tuesday 7 May and close on Tuesday 28 May. 

As we are implementing a new process, there will be an information session taking place on Wednesday 15 May from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. The session will be led by Sue Emmas, Associate Artistic Director, and will provide an introduction to the opportunities on offer, the process, and answer any questions. Please sign up using the link at the bottom of this page to receive a Zoom link for the meeting.

A recording will be made available for those who cannot attend on the day - you can use the same form below to request the link to be sent to you.

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