OV Backstage: Register your interest |
OV Backstage will offer paid placements on an Old Vic main house production to six 18–30-year-olds from underrepresented backgrounds in the arts.
Participants will shadow an industry professional across 15 paid sessions and get hands-on experience in one of the following disciplines:
- Costume
- Production management
- Set
- Sound
- Stage management
The project culminates with a networking session to help participants take the next steps in their careers.
Participants will be paid for taking part in the programme. Additional support for travel costs is available if required.
Eligibility
- This programme has been set up to work with young people who are currently underrepresented in backstage roles, such as people from the global majority, women, those from working class backgrounds, neurodiverse people and disabled people
- You must be aged 18–30
- You must be based in London, or within the surrounding areas – placements will involve evening work
- You must be interested in developing a career in your chosen discipline
- This programme is for those at the start or early on in their careers – you must have had some prior experience or transferable skills, perhaps at school or a short course, but not undertaken formal training or a university degree in your chosen discipline (if you are unsure whether you are eligible, please email ovbackstage@oldvictheatre.com)