24 Hour Plays - Actors

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We’re looking for the most fearless, talented and original actors, directors, producers and writers to take on the ultimate theatrical challenge:

THIS IS THE APPLICATION PAGE FOR ACTORS. PLEASE READ ALL THE BELOW INFORMATION BEFORE APPLYING. CLICK BUTTONS BELOW FOR OTHER DISCIPLINES.

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The 24 Hour Plays: Old Vic New Voices

If you’re 18 -25 and feel ready to launch yourself into the world of professional theatre, then we want to hear from you.

Following rigorous auditions and workshops successful applicants will have just 24 hours to prove their talent for creating engaging, edgy theatre. The results will be seen by 1,000 industry professionals, family and friends.

This riveting event has been wowing audiences for the last four years and has launched over 210 careers with many of them securing agents, West End contracts, TV roles and commissions.

Past participants have included

Charity Wakefield (actor: Sense and Sensibility, BBC), Imogen Kinchin (producer: Spring Awakening, Lyric/West End), Abigail Graham (Trainee resident director, Chichester Festival Theatre), Duncan MacMillan (writer: Monster, Royal Exchange Manchester) Davide Ferretti (actor: Enjoy, Gielgud) Geoff Brenton (actor: Anne Frank, BBC), Chantelle Staynings, Tara Wilkinson and Charlie Sutton (producers: Saturday Night, Jermyn Street Theatre/West End) and Danny Lee Wynter (actor: Joe’s Palace and Capturing Mary, Poliakoff)

Before applying you must be available on the following dates:

Preliminary Auditions Week for Actors

Monday 14th – Wednesday 23rd June
You will be allocated a one hour audition slot.
We cannot say at this stage when that will be.

Audition weekend

Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 June
9am – 6pm

Bonding day

Sunday 4 July
9am – 6pm

The 24 Hour Plays

Saturday 24 July – 9.30PM (evening - late)
Sunday 25 July – ALL DAY

THE OLD VIC CANNOT PAY TRAVEL EXPENSES OR ACCOMMODATION COSTS

Follow this brief to download the application form

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Dear ALL Actors,

We have now emailed ALL actors with a day and time slot for your audition.
If you have not received an email by the end of the week then please contact us.
(Please check your junk and spam folder before contacting us)

We will see 20 actors per hour where you will perform your monologue. Within this hour you will also do a warm up lead by someone from Old Vic New Voices.

Many thanks,

James Quaife
New Voices Project Manager

Old Vic New Voices , , 02/06/10 , 14,777 AP
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Hello! Ditto the question re: when will we hear about whether or not we've been selected to audition, and also - please could you tell me what will be required at audition? I saw a response elsewhere saying we needed to prepare a one minute speech, firstly - is this length limit the only criteria for the speech? Secondly, it also says the audition will be an hour long - is the rest of it all a surprise? Thanks :)

Bella Heesom , Actor , 27/05/10 , 39 AP
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hi guys, does anyone know when we will hear about auditions?

KriswithaK , Actor , 27/05/10 , 53 AP
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I emailed my application form a few days ago and received an email about making sure I put my discipline in there however I did. Is this just standard and when can you expect to hear back if you have been chosen to audition?. Sorry for the confusion!

Rhiann Goldstein , Actor , 26/05/10 , 114 AP
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Hi All,

Applications are still open until 12pm, due to the high number of applications that the Old Vic are receiving they cant respond to all of them, so if you email it over before 12pm consider it counted. It will not show in the responses section on IdeasTap.

Good luck!

Laura IdeasTap , Artist , 24/05/10 , 972 AP
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I just don't know whether my app has been accepted. I joined this brief ages ago, and have submitted my form this morning before 10 am, but I'm not on the responses list. Eh?

rlizgay , Actor , 24/05/10 , 238 AP
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i've sent the application to the e-mail adress and joined this page, but i havent been added to the responded list! how do i know its been recieved?

Ollie_Mon , Actor , 23/05/10 , 1,058 AP
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i've sent the application to the e-mail adress and joined this page, but i havent been added to the responded list! how do i know its been recieved?

Ollie_Mon , Actor , 23/05/10 , 1,058 AP
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Also my application isn't in the responses section of the website. Does this mean it hasn't been successful? Thanks.

Amy Hamdoon , , 23/05/10 , 33 AP
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it says you have to join the brief by clicking on the yellow box on the right of the page - i havent got a yellow box showing on the right hand side of the page!! I just downloaded the form, filled it in and e mailed it but dont know if its gone through or not!

Neill Scullard , Actor , 23/05/10 , 74 AP
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