MEET US
Every month, you can book a half hour slot with members of the OVNV team to discuss your career. Whether you’re an actor keen to get feedback on your current audition monologue or looking to get or change your agent; a producer looking for funding or to discuss an idea; a director looking to pitch a play or pull together a creative team or a writer looking to get your work on or receive dramaturgical advice; this is your chance to pick our brains and receive advice and guidance. Meetings take place at IdeasTap Offices, Woolyard, Bermondsey Street. Practitioners not based in London or the UK are welcome to Skype. Click here to book your slot!
EDINBURGH SEASON
We’ll be working with the Underbelly to find five brand new plays to take to the Edinburgh Festival. We’ll cover theatre rental at the Underbelly, PR and marketing for the full month, while you enjoy support from a dedicated team of OVNV practitioners and Underbelly staff. Applications have now closed, but you can still find out more about this project here
21 OPPORTUNITIES AT THE OLD VIC TUNNELS
In partnership with The Old Vic Tunnels we are offering up to 21 slots for performance in their 2012 programme. From staging plays, screening films, hosting club nights, or something completely different, the Tunnels team are on hand to offer support, help and guidance. Find out more and APPLY NOW
BEST OF BRITISH
200 U.S. based actors, writers, directors and producers will be invited to take part in four intensive weekends of talks, workshops and mentoring sessions led by British practitioners that will strengthen peer-to- peer connections leading to new creative collaborations. Find out more here.
IGNITE FILM PREMIERES
OVNV, Time Warner and Warner Bros. present six short films created by actors, writers, directors and producers from the OVNV Talent pool. Inspired by the Old Vic’s main house season, the films are a collaboration with RADA and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Joanna Coates. If you want to join us for this brilliant event then click here for more information.
THE US/UK EXCHANGE
Alongside the TS Eliot Estate we will complete our three-year search to find the very best American and British talent by showcasing six brand new American plays for the first time in the UK. We’ll also be assembling the UK creative teams through open auditions, find out more here or APPLY NOW
THE 24 HOUR PLAYS: OLD VIC NEW VOICES
For the seventh year running we’ll partner with the extraordinary 24 Hour Play Company, and IdeasTap, to discover the next generation of stars to take part in the ultimate theatrical challenge, to make 7 plays in just one day. The project is widely acknowledged as the project to be part of as an emerging practitioner. If you want to take part this year, then have a look here at what's in store...
STAGING SUCCESS
For the third year running we’re inviting schools to select thirty students from years 9-13 to attend a day at The Old Vic where we’ll show them how a play is produced, marketed and designed, from page to stage, and provide them with free tickets to one of our productions. Find out more about the next production The Duchess of Malfi.
SCHOOLS CLUB
Become a Schools Club member and benefit from free tickets to every Old Vic production, in-school workshops, teachers’ packs, post-show resource packs, professional development sessions for educators and backstage tours. See what else we offer here.
THEATRE IN SCHOOLS
Our new schools production Health Wealth will explore childhood obesity and mental health, bringing theatre into your classroom and inspiring debate about well being. For more information about this inspiring new project click here.
EPIDEMIC
The Old Vic Tunnels will be the setting for a new multimedia musical that takes a fresh look at global health and hygiene. Cast and crew will come from the OVNV Community Theatre Company, a multicultural, trans-generational group of over 100 talented volunteers from all over London, selected by open auditions. APPLY NOW!
ACTIVATION
We offer free and discounted theatre tickets, backstage tours, employment opportunities and support for creative projects to people that live locally to The Old Vic, meaning that there are no barriers to working with us.