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

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 three years and has launched over 150 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)