Baylis assistant director – undisclosed project

Closing date: 7th April 2025

Salary: £828.60 to £905.59 per week

Department/Team: Production

Duration: circa 4 months

Responsible to: The Associate Director and General Manager

Location: The Old Vic, 103 The Cut, London, SE1 8NB

We are currently looking for a Baylis assistant director to support on an undisclosed project, from May – August 2025.

The role of Baylis Assistant Director provides a unique opportunity for early to mid-career directors to work with and learn from experienced professionals in the industry. The selected candidate will also be invited to connect further with The Old Vic and become embedded in all areas of our work during their time with us.

Areas of responsibility

The position will span circa 4 months. During this time, the Baylis Assistant Director will:

• Act as a Baylis Assistant Director for a project that will play at The Old Vic from w/c 23 June – 23 August 2025 inclusive. The production begins rehearsals on 19 May 2025. Attendance is required on an exclusive first-call basis from the rehearsal start date until the Press Night on Wed 09 July 2025, thereafter on a non-exclusive first-call basis until the end of the run.
• Take weekly notes throughout rehearsals and the run of the show, maintaining its artistic standard.
• Take responsibility for understudy rehearsals.
• Support with preparation work on behalf of the Director and Associate Director.
• Spend time with other departments at The Old Vic, either in person or remotely, becoming part of The Old Vic team, networking with staff and learning from creatives.
• Act as an ambassador and attend Development events where appropriate, learning about how the funding model works for an unsubsidised not-for-profit theatre.
• Collaborate with our Education and Community team as part of their outreach work.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and the Theatre's management may, at any time, allocate other tasks which are of a similar nature or level.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Have directed at least one professional production (not rehearsed readings or runs of less than 3 weeks), and/or assisted on a number of professional productions
• Have experience working with understudies
• Have experience working on musicals
• Demonstrate a genuine commitment to becoming a professional theatre director
• Candidates must also have the independent right to work in the UK to be eligible.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

As a Disability Confident employer, The Old Vic has made a commitment that all applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for this job will be invited to interview. However in the event that we have a high volume of applications all of whom meet the criteria and identify as disabled, meaning it is not practicable to interview everyone, we may apply a weighting to the shortlisting criteria, or add an additional shortlisting stage before any interviews take place. In all cases we will take care to ensure that any criteria or weightings do not disadvantage disabled applicants.

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